Moral Persuasion

Moral Persuasion is the 28th episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on August 05, 2013. The opening segment is a discussion on . The main segment is a discussion on . The preroll contains the standard disclaimer and theme_music.

Opening Quote

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Show Notes

Dave and Tamler try their best to do a show without guests--we talk about moral persuasion, motivated reasoning, and whether it's legitimate to use emotionally charged rhetoric in a philosophical argument. Plus, we describe how students proceed through the "Stages-of-Singer," and Tamler finally defends himself against Dave's slanderous accusation of hypocrisy about animal welfare.  

• A defense of abortion.
  
• Why abortion is immoral.
  
• Motivated skepticism: Use of differential decision criteria for preferred and nonpreferred conclusions.
  
• Motivated Moral Reasoning.
  
• Motivated Reasoning and Performance on the Wason Selection Task.
  
• Sam's House
  
• The identifiable victim effect
  
• mediocre TEDx talk
  
• 10 Classic South Park Impressions
  
• Support Very Bad Wizards