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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastClosereads: Peter Railton’s “Moral Realism” (Part Four)Sign up for Closereads at patreon.com/closereadsphilosophy to get previous and future installments of this podcast.
We're jumping back into a 1984 paper that we began a couple of years ago in light of our recent PEL activity on contemporary ethics. How does he jump from individual objective interests to ethical normativity?
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Closereads: Philosophy with Mark and WesPeter Railton's "Moral Realism" (Part Four)What? Part Four? Yes, we're jumping back into a 1984 paper that we began a couple of years ago in light of our recent PEL activity on contemporary ethics. You should be fine just starting here, but all three previous parts have been made public on our Patreon page, which is where you'll eventually find parts 5, 6, and possibly more.
So far, Railton has been giving us an account of our objective individual interests: What you would want for your current you if you had all the relevant knowledge. He had given an example of a dehydrated person who...2025-07-221h 02Closereads: Philosophy with Mark and WesPeter Railton's "Moral Realism" (Part Two)We discuss the fact-value distinction, both with regard to ethics but also epistemology, i.e. how the search for facts depends on what we're looking for.Read along with us, starting on p. 6.To get part 3, subscribe at patreon.com/closereadsphilosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-08-231h 13Closereads: Philosophy with Mark and WesPeter Railton's "Moral Realism" (Part One)We're reading a 1984 essay by Mark's U. of Michigan undergrad advisor, included among the most cited philosophy papers in some list that Wes found. Railton's goal is to give a naturalistic account of ethics (i.e. ethics within a framework of natural science) that both connects tightly to observed empirical facts and also makes moral facts real parts of our world, not merely reducible to non-moral facts about pleasure, social norms, or the like.In this first part, Railton lays out what naturalism in ethics amounts to and begins to explain why past empiricists like Hume don't...2024-08-211h 09
On HumansWhat Can Moral Dilemmas Tell Us About Ourselves? ~ Peter RailtonYou are driving a car. The brakes stop working. To your horror, you are approaching a busy street market. Many people might be killed if you run into them. The only way to prevent a catastrophe is by turning fast to the right. Unfortunately, a lonely pedestrian might be killed if you do so. Should you turn? Many people say you should. After all, killing one is better than killing many. But following the same logic, would you kill an individual to collect their organs for people in dire need of one? In this case, too, you wo...2024-06-301h 11![Optimal [Tilos Rádió podcast]](https://tilos.hu/upload/images/yinna_palmovka.jpeg)
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MojoversoMojoverso Sonoro. Chachi Mix (LXXIV).Con este programa despedimos 2023.
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a francia shelter press kiadót 2012-ben indította útjára bartolomé sanson és félicia atkinson. a shelter press egy lemezkiadó és kiadói platform, amely a kortárs művészet, a költészet és a kísérleti zene közötti párbeszédet támogatja, és jeleníti meg nyomtatott kiadványokon és lemezeken keresztül.peter rehberg alias pita 2021-es halála után, 2021 szeptemberétől a shelter press az ideologic organ, a recollection grm és a portraits grm kiadványait is gondozza és együttműködik ve...2023-08-281h 59
On The CoalfaceEp7: Performance and Politics with Ralph BeckettRalph started as stable lad in 1989, spending a year in Australia working for Colin Hayes and others. He then did two seasons with Jimmy Fitzgerald, a summer in Belmont, New York, and two and a half years with Arthur Moore. After a season with Martin Pipe, he went to work for Peter Walwyn as his assistant in 1996.He took over from Peter in 2000, training 105 winners from Windsor House in Lambourn. His best performer whilst there was the G3 Fred Darling winner Penkenna Princess, who was a short-head second in the 2005 Irish 1000 Guineas. Come On Jonny won The...2023-08-221h 00
Smashing Security.ZIP domains, AI lies, and did social media inflame a riot?ChatGPT hallucinations cause turbulence in court, a riot in Wales may have been ignited on social media, and do you think .MOV is a good top-level domain for "a website that moves you"?All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Mark Stockley.Plus don't miss our featured interview with David Ahn of Centripetal.Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.Episode links:8 new top-level domains for dads, grads and techies - Google.Tweet...2023-06-011h 16
Smashing Security.ZIP domains, AI lies, and did social media inflame a riot?ChatGPT hallucinations cause turbulence in court, a riot in Wales may have been ignited on social media, and do you think .MOV is a good top-level domain for "a website that moves you"?All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Mark Stockley.Plus don't miss our featured interview with David Ahn of Centripetal.Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.Episode links:8 new...2023-06-011h 16
Digital Public SquareMoral philosophy and the landscape of metaethics with Dr. Russ Shafer-LandauIn this episode, I am joined by Dr. Russ Shafer-Landau to talk about on moral philosophy and questions of metaethics. Today, we talk about his books Moral Realism: A Defence and The Fundamentals of Ethics.Meet Dr. Shafer-LandauRuss Shafer-Landau serves as a professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Moral Realism: A Defence, Whatever Happened to Good and Evil?, The Fundamentals of Ethics, and Living Ethics. He also is the editor of Oxford Studies in Metaethics. Shafer-Landau served as President of the American Philosophical Association (Central Division) in 2021...2022-12-1243 min
Thinking Out Loud: leading philosophers discuss topical global issuesHow to understand, and interact with, AIProfessor Peter Railton presents his take on how to understand, and interact with, AI In this Thinking Out Loud interview with Katrien Devolder, Professor Railton talks about how AI can have moral obligations towards us, humans, and towards each other, and why we, humans, have moral obligations towards AI agents. He also stresses that the best way to tackle certain world problems, including the dangers of AI itself, is to form a strong community consisting of biological AND AI agents.2022-10-0421 min
Electronic MusicPeter Zinovieff - A TributeA tribute to the life and works of composer and synth pioneer Peter Zinovieff by James Gardner, featuring interviews with co-workers and collaborators.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:04 - Collaborations04:13 - Replacing Tape With Digital06:29 - The Move Into Computers08:03 - The Launch of EMS14:31 - Running A Studio From Home16:16 - Working In Raasay18:19 - The VCS3 And Synthi20:05 - Copies And Virtual Versions22:50 - Creativity Post EMS26:49 - Lucy RailtonPeter Zinovieff BiogPeter Zinovieff has been described as Britain’s Bob Moog. A...2022-08-2334 min
Philosophy BitesPeter Railton on AI and EthicsDevelopments in AI are coming very quickly. But it's not easy to work out how to deal with the ethical questions that AI generates. Peter Railton discusses AI and Ethics with Nigel Warburton for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast2022-07-0125 min
On The Very Idea - A Philosophy PodcastHume and Practical Rationality: The World vs. The Scratching of Hume's Finger (Part Deux)In this final installment of a two part episode on David Hume and practical rationality, I examine Hume's quote "It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger”. Sounds selfish. However, British philosopher Peter Railton claims that this famous line is often misunderstood. According to Railton, this quote is often rashly interpreted as meaning that reason can tell us absolutely nothing about morality. A more accurate reading of Hume's work in Railton's eyes will show that reason has a rather robust role to play in Hume’s determination of mora...2022-01-2721 minOn The Very Idea - A Philosophy PodcastHume and Practical Rationality: Is There Any Connection Between Morality and Reason?In this first episode of a two part installment, I look at the work of David Hume and his ideas that justify that famous quote of his “Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.” This quote has always troubled me. As politico-moral beings, many don't want to classify a horrific act as merely bad. There is also an urge to classify that horrific act as irrational. Does reason really tell us nothing about morality? Is reason just a way of determining efficient means to an end? Was Hitler evil and rational, or, just evil? What...2022-01-0621 min
Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant DharPeter Railton on Moral IntuitionsHow do we come upon our morality? How much of our moral judgement is intuitive and how much is learned? Moral philosopher Peter Railton joins Vasant Dhar in episode 17 of Brave New World to talk about his thinking in this area -- and also how the fields of ethics and AI are colliding. Useful resources: 1. Facts, Values, and Norms: Essays toward a Morality of Consequence -- Peter Railton. 2. Moral Learning: Conceptual foundations and normative relevance -- Peter Railton. 3. Ethical Learning, Natural and Artificial -- Peter Railton. 4. Ethics of Artificial Intelligence -- S Matthew Liao (Editor) 5. Can a Machine Have Human Values? -- E...2021-07-221h 07
The ValmyPeter Railton on Moral Learning and Metaethics in AI Systems Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: Peter Railton on Moral Learning and Metaethics in AI SystemsRelease date: 2020-08-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFrom a young age, humans are capable of developing moral competency and autonomy through experience. We begin life by constructing sophisticated moral representations of the world that allow for us to successfully navigate our way through complex social situations with sensitivity to morally relevant information and variables. This capacity for moral learning allows us to solve open-ended problems with other pe...2020-08-201h 41
Future of Life Institute PodcastPeter Railton on Moral Learning and Metaethics in AI SystemsFrom a young age, humans are capable of developing moral competency and autonomy through experience. We begin life by constructing sophisticated moral representations of the world that allow for us to successfully navigate our way through complex social situations with sensitivity to morally relevant information and variables. This capacity for moral learning allows us to solve open-ended problems with other persons who may hold complex beliefs and preferences. As AI systems become increasingly autonomous and active in social situations involving human and non-human agents, AI moral competency via the capacity for moral learning will become more and more critical. On...2020-08-181h 41
Future of Life Institute PodcastPeter Railton on Moral Learning and Metaethics in AI SystemsFrom a young age, humans are capable of developing moral competency and autonomy through experience. We begin life by constructing sophisticated moral representations of the world that allow for us to successfully navigate our way through complex social situations with sensitivity to morally relevant information and variables. This capacity for moral learning allows us to solve open-ended problems with other persons who may hold complex beliefs and preferences. As AI systems become increasingly autonomous and active in social situations involving human and non-human agents, AI moral competency via the capacity for moral learning will become more and more critical. On...2020-08-181h 41
STEM Fatale PodcastEpisode 057 - Eva Crane | Entomologist & Nuclear PhysicistAlternate Title: un-BEE-lievaable
Emma tells Emlyn all about the nuclear physicist turned world-renowned bee researcher, Eva Crane, and Emlyn tells Emma about new research on bumble bee behavior!
Learn more about our podcast and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com
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Main Story - Eva Crane
Eva Crane: Bee Scientist 1912-2007. United Kingdom, International Bee Research Assn., 2008. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/6GwZ2ZkADL4C?hl=en&gbpv=1
Miksha, Ron. “Remembering Eva Crane: Beekeeper and Physicist.” Bad Beekeeping Blog. 2019. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2019/06/12/remembering-eva-crane-beekeeper-and-physicist/
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Moral Sciences ClubBelief, Affect, and RelianceA talk given by Peter Railton (Michigan) at the Moral Sciences Club on 8th May 2018.2018-07-0248 min
Conversations about Mental Illness#161, June 29, 2015, Clinical Depression, Stigma, and Coming Out to Help OthersPeter Railton talks about depression2015-07-0230 min