Can universal morality exist?

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss if it's possible to achieve universal morality with mathematical physicist, economist, and podcaster Eric Weinstein. Listen to “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	Da Minimists.
0:02.0	There is no minimalist rule book.
0:05.6	Well, until now, the minimalist have created 16 rules
0:09.8	for living with less, a free ebook, which you can download
0:13.8	right now at theminimilists.com slash resources.
0:18.6	Enjoy.
0:19.6	The mic will says, can universal morality exist?
0:27.8	Sam Harris seems to think so, but reality shows otherwise.
0:34.1	I mean, I don't know.
0:34.5	I read the moral landscape.
0:36.9	And I don't know what he's talking about is
0:40.1	a universal morality.
0:42.6	More so, he's talking about a landscape of peaks and valleys,
0:46.7	and moral peaks and moral valleys.
0:48.3	What are your thoughts on this?
0:51.6	Do you want to take it?
0:52.8	No.
0:53.6	You're the guest, man.
0:54.5	I would love to hear what you think about it.
0:55.8	I see the guest gets the hunt.
0:58.4	I have a very unpopular view on this.
1:01.4	Maybe we'll end on something else.
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