The truth about morality | Maria Baghramian, David Friedman and Timothy Williamson | IAI

Maria Baghramian, David Friedman and Timothy Williamson debate whether there is a universal moral code.

00:00 Introduction
02:55 Timothy Williamson
06:51 Maria Baghramian
10:16 David Friedman

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Absolute moral claims are making a resurgence along with demands for action in response. Yet at the same time many proclaim the value and importance of upholding diverse cultural outlooks with sometimes radically different moral codes.

To avoid this hypocrisy should we give up belief in a universal moral code, and see morality, as Nietzsche argued, as the product of a monotheistic culture which over the centuries has often led to violence and warfare? Is a 'universal moral code' a guise for the tyranny of western, Christian ethics, or is it the cornerstone of a fair and just society in any culture and at any time?

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Infamous anarcho-capitalist David Friedman, leading analytic philosopher Timothy Williamson and morality specialist Maria Baghramian dig into the true nature of morality. Robert Rowland Smith hosts.

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