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Episode 12: Justice for #!$@ ?
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73 minutes
Released:
Jan 13, 2013
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Dave and Tamler square off the role of the victim in criminal punishment and find little to agree about. Tamler defends the restorative justice approach, while Dave expresses skepticism about its value and worries it might even be damaging. Arguments ensue, but be sure to stick around for the third segment as it features an unusually focused and productive discussion--for them anyway.Also discussed: the best character on "The Wire," the startling specificity of KG's trash-talking, and a listener calls us out on not justifying the meaningfulness of life. LinksFamily Guy- Breaking Bad (and The Wire) [youtube.com]The Wire- Omar in court [youtube.com]Restorative Justice [wikipedia.org]Christie, N. (1977). Conflicts as Property. British Journal of CriminologyGreg Ousley is sorry for killing his parents. Is that enough? [NY Times magazine]"The Caging of America" by Adam Gopnik. [New Yorker]"Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?" [NY Times magazine]
Released:
Jan 13, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 1: Brains, Robots, and Free Will (Free Will and Morality Pt. 1): Dave and Tamler talk about the new wave of skepticism about free will and moral responsibility in the popular press from people like Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne, and argue that neuroscientific data adds little of substance to the case other than telling us what we already know: human beings are natural biological entities. Dave comes out as a Star Trek nerd and asks whether we're all, in the end, like Data the android. They also wonder whether a belief in free will is all that's keeping us from having sex with our dogs. Finally, Dave grills Tamler about his new book on the differences in attitudes about free will and moral responsibility across cultures. by Very Bad Wizards