The Ethics of Moral Ambiguity

A lecture on the importance of suspending moral judgement as a means of opening up an opportunity to think.

[dixiemerchant]

Listening to your William James - WOW, I don’t know who you are but you sure give a great lecture!!!!

[redgizmo]

I like the talks with an audience. Much more interplay and interest.

[roberth]

Sometimes moral judgement is cast on the past because the trauma still lingers in the present. Freud taught us that the cause of suffering had to at least be identified before the healing could begin.

[ksvbvssf]

Great to hear your voice accompanied by room echo again

[quantumno]

evening ladies and gentleman!

God I missed that intro to the lectures lmao.

[rcmrcm]

History and morality, History can't be undone, but its impact on the future can sometimes be changed.

[alanhere]

"strong convictions, loosely held" :)

[tigerlilysoma]

The contagion heuristic is a psychological heuristic which follows the law of contagion and the law of similarity, leading people to avoid contact with people or objects viewed as "contaminated" by previous contact with someone or something viewed as bad—or, less often, to seek contact with objects that have been in contact with people or things considered good.

That’s why all the weirdness with history.

[alanhere]

I'd certainly recommend completely switching away from the press to more accurate, less sensationalist sources of information.

[qi_kayon]

Really enjoyed this! It was a super hot June day over here though :)

[alanhere]

Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth don't seem to me like real sins. I'd say that Greed is reasonably a sin, at extremes it can lead to pointlessly hoarding, from rubbish to expensive stuff that's then never used. However liking having stuff isn't a sin.

lets replace those three with:

vindictiveness
resentment
anger
excessive dissatisfaction
causing distress
smugness/glee at others misfortune
bullying
pointless hoarding
gaslighting
abuse
malice
extreme levels of anti-social behaviour
murder
vandalism
cheapness ("I know it helps others and it's also costs £0, but what's in it for me?")
having only one value
small mindedness
lying about your opinions to alienate others
"everything that isn't mandatory is illegal"

[tazmanian]

Actually there is hierarchy between the sins as is with virtues. You could say pride is considered the primary sin (in the context of the 7 deadly) from which all else are sourced out of. Also there are different levels of punishment and different levels of gratification in theology from what I know.

[nathenausten]

If I had a dollar for everytime he says right...right....right...it's like people that say um...uh..um