Jonathan Edwards' Basement

Jonathan Edwards' Basement is the 92nd episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on June 21, 2016. The preroll contains the standard disclaimer and theme_music.

Opening Quote

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Show Notes

David and Tamler continue their intermittent "classic paper series" with an episode on Jonathan Bennett's "The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn" (published in 1974—before the reason vs. emotion debate was all cool again). Using fictional and historical examples, Bennett raises a number of questions that are central to our understanding of human morality, such as what ought to guide our behavior--human sympathy or moral beliefs? Do emotions like empathy/sympathy have judgments built into them? Are these emotions dumb? Is morality dumber? Why was Jonathan Edwards such an asshole? Plus, we talk about the implications of a poll that suggests that most Native Americans aren't offended by the name "Redskins" for the Washington D.C. NFL team. Episode

• New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren't offended by Redskins name
  
• The conscience of Huckleberry Finn.
  
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  
• Heinrich Himmler
  
• Jonathan Edwards
  
• Nothing more than feelings?: The role of emotions in moral judgment.
  
• Support Very Bad Wizards