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June 22, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen
The Wright Show
- A brief primer on the free will vs. determinism debate
- Are moral responsibility and determinism compatible?
- Is punishment a tragic necessity or a moral good?
- Gideon tries to convince Bob that compatibilism is coherent
- Gideon's distinctive take on compatibilism
- A thought experiment about the moral culpability of an ancient slaveholder
- Free will and the mind-body problem
- Buddhist ideas about punishment
August 03, 2018 —
Robert Wright & Ben Blum
The Wright Show
- Ben's essay challenging Philip Zimbardo's famous Stanford Prison Experiment
- How a study about prisoners became a study about guards
- Evidence that Zimbardo improperly influenced the study
- The unexpected political effects of the experiment
- What explains the experiment's durability?
- When Zimbardo tried to get Bob to dance
- Is Zimbardo himself a victim of circumstance?
February 18, 2020 —
Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson
Sophia
- In praise of Uncut Gems
- Why does Adam Sandler's dirtbag character evince such sympathy?
- Punishment and forgiveness in narrative storytelling
- In praise of Dolemite Is My Name
- Eddie Murphy's triumphant return to SNL
- Is offensive comedy coming back?
- Why were these two films snubbed by the Oscars?
- Expertise vs. experience in cultural criticism
April 26, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
The Wright Show
- How the new media landscape exacerbates tribalism
- Can science and reason help combat tribalism?
- Why tribal behavior comes naturally to humans
- Want to succeed on social media? Try ridicule and moral condemnation!
- Why virtual reality may not help you understand the plight of others
- Trump's masterful exploitation of empathy
- If a magic therapy "cured" Harvey Weinstein, would punishment still be necessary?
- Why social science is, and will stay, liberal
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