Conversations with History: T.M. Scanlon

I've just covered Scanlon's ethics and I am pretty much convinced that he's cracked it. The only problem is a [Euthyphro] circular issue but I do personally not believe it to be too much of a problem!

Dandiacal & Amyalz -- There once was a group of monks who had taken a vow of silence. They were allowed to talk only one day per year. After the first 12 months, one monk said, "I love oatmeal."
Another year passed and a second monk said, "I despise oatmeal." Another long year passed and the Head Monk said, "I'm sick of all this constant bickering about oatmeal." Good luck to you both! Ron P.S. Professor Scanlon is indeed a genius.

Thanks for putting in a good word for Scanlon. His moral reasoning class at Harvard is excellent. I don't know if he is a genius but he is rigorous and sensible.

Surely you can believe that the YouTube audience is not dying to talk about moral theory in little 500 character bursts.

I can't believe there aren't any or more comments. This man interviewed is one of our major philosophers.

"This man interviewed is one of our major philosophers."

"I can't take the teaching of philosophy seriously in itself, either as a means of being a philosopher or of teaching the young anything solid: they merely flirt with that for a year or two instead of flirting with something else. Philosophy is not a science; it might be a life or a means of artistic expression, but it is not likely to be either at an American college." -- George Santayana (THE major American moral philosopher)