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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

359. Separating Good from Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Society & Culture, Science, Education

4.634.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Dr. Nigel Biggar break down his new publication, “Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,” and parse out the truths and falsehoods from the modern day revisionist movement. They explore the ethics of imperialism, the motivations for the British colonies, their role in the slave trade, bringing modernity to much of the world, and looking back on history with a balanced lens.   Dr. Nigel Biggar is a prominent British theologian, academic and author. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics, philosophy, and theology, particularly in the context of war, peace, and historical reverence. Biggar has made significant contributions to the study of Christian ethics and has written extensively on topics such as “just war theory,” moral responsibility, and the role of forgiveness in conflict resolution. He has been involved in various academic institutions, including the University of Oxford, where he held the Regius Professorship of Moral and Pastoral Theology.   - Links -   For Dr. Nigel Biggar:   Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford: www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-nigel-biggar   Director, McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life: www.mcdonaldcentre.org.uk   Author of Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (HarperCollins, 2022): https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/colonialism-a-moral-reckoning-nigel-biggar?variant=39932985245774   What’s Wrong with Rights? (Oxford University Press, 2020): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/whats-wrong-with-rights-9780198861973?lang=en&cc=us#   Between Kin and Cosmopolis: An Ethic of the Nation (Wipf & Stock; James Clarke, 2014): http://wipfandstock.com/between-kin-and-cosmopolis.html; http://www.jamesclarke.co/product_info.php/products_id/2218   In Defence of War (Oxford University Press, 2013, 2014): http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199672615.do Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Music

0:14.0

Hello, everyone.

0:16.0

Today I have the privilege of conversing with Professor Nigel Bigger, a distinguished British

0:21.3

theologian and ethicist.

0:23.6

His controversial book, Colonialism, Amoral Reckoning, was recently published and hit

0:29.3

the nonfiction bestseller list in the UK.

0:31.7

It's now available in North America and English language world.

0:35.4

We discuss the ethics of the colonial enterprise, the reality and falsehood of the idea of privilege,

0:42.3

the purposeful and pointless miseries of cancel culture and the separation of good from

0:47.8

evil in the process of historical analysis.

0:52.1

So Nigel, we're going to talk today about your book, Colonialism, Amoral Reckoning, which

0:57.2

has just been released just a few weeks ago, which as I understand is doing quite well.

1:04.7

I would like maybe to start with the story of why it was that you got drawn into this

1:11.3

historical, why you decided to write a history of this type.

1:15.3

It's not precisely in your bailiwick as a as a professor.

1:19.3

So why don't you outline the circumstances that led to your undertaking this endeavor?

1:26.5

Yes, Jordan.

1:29.1

So I'm an academic professor of ethics of Christian ethics.

1:36.0

And so over the years, I have been in the business of trying to make moral sense and come

1:40.8

to moral judgments about complicated moral issues.

1:45.8

For example, the moral problem of war.

1:53.3

My first university degree and my first love has always been history, so all of my life

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