Are Right and Wrong Real? (Episode 43)

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Are things really right or wrong? Is morality objective?

In this conversation, Caleb gives three arguments for thinking that it is. Michael questions each one. Along the way, they discuss the Stoic response to skepticism, why this issue matters, and how the ancient Stoics grounded their picture of the good life.

(06:51) What is Moral Realism?

(16:12) The Argument from Intuition

(26:47) The Argument from Practical Reason

(40:12) Epistemic Realism

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