Utilitarian
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Samo Burja on the War in Ukraine
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this shorter episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Samo Burja about the war in Ukraine. Samo is the founder of the geopolitical analysis ...
Big Ideas - Bryan Caplan
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Bryan Caplan. Bryan is a professor of economics at George Mason University. His latest book is...
Ethics and World Government - Neil Sinhababu
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Neil Sinhababu. Neil is a professor of philosophy at the University of Singapore. Our conversa...
How Can We Best Reduce Suffering? - Magnus Vinding
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Magnus Vinding. Magnus is the co-founder of Center For Reducing Suffering and the author ...
Moral Uncertainty - Krister Bykvist
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Krister Bykvist. Krister is a Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University and Institu...
Creating Utopia - Joseph Carlsmith
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Joseph Carlsmith. Joseph is a research analyst at Open Philanthropy and a doctoral student in ...
The Ethics of Aliens - Milan Cirkovic
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast I talk with Milan Cirkovic. Milan is an astrophysicist at the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade and a re...
Building a Worldview - Michael Huemer
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast I talk with Michael Huemer. Michael is a professor of philosophy at the university of Colorado. We talk abo...
The Science of Pleasure - Kent Berridge
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast I talk with Kent Berridge about the science of pain and pleasure. Kent Berridge is a professor of neuroscie...
The Future of Consciousness - Andrés Gómez Emilsson
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Andres Gomez Emilsson who is co-director of research at the Qualia Research Institute. The Qua...
Knowing What We Should Do - Simon Rosenqvist
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Rosenqvist recently completed his PhD in philosophy at Uppsala University and we cover his conclusions in this podcast. We talk about consciousn...
Utilitarian Intuitions - Torbjörn Tännsjö
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I talk with Torbjörn Tännsjö about his personal relation to moral philosophy and utilitarianism, moral methodology and the role of intuitions in et...
Grand Futures - Anders Sandberg
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sandberg tells us about the current human situation, possible future trajectories, the explanation for the undersupply of efforts to reduce catastroph...
The Feeling of Value - Sharon Hewitt Rawlette
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon Hewitt Rawlette and I discuss the metaethical thesis of her book The Feeling of Value, which centers around normative qualia. We touch upon per...