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Reasonable Doubts Podcast

rd123 Rules vs. Concequences

Reasonable Doubts Podcast

Jeremy

Science & Medicine, Agnosticism, Religion, Humanism, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Creationism, Skeptic, Criticism, Biblical, Intelligentdesign, Freethinker, Free, Doubt, Atheist, Funny, Apologist, Critical, Apologetics, Thinking, Agnostic, Atheism, Fundamentalism, Bible, Counterapologetics, Philosophy, Nontheism, Reason, Naturalism, Philosophical, Reasonabledoubts, Other, Social Sciences, Epistemology, Theism, Society & Culture, Ethics, Secular, State, Church, Evolution

4.8879 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2013

⏱️ ? minutes

Summary

For the second part of our "Winter of Morality" series, Dr. Galen examines the psychological factors that make a deontological (rule-based) approach to morality more appealing to most religious people than a consequentialist approach. Meta-ethical questions aside, does adopting a deontological perspective over a utilitarian ethic actually make any difference in real-world measures of moral behavior? According to new studies it might. Fundamentalists, for example, tend to adhere rigidly to a rule-based moral code and in some instances may act on their convictions more than their liberal counterparts. But as you've guessed, the devil is always in the details. Also on this episode: the Pope is Time's person of the year, the ACLU sues Catholic Bishops and a Polyatheism segment delves into the bizarre and adorable beasts of Japanese mythology.

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