This podcast is a place for spillover from my ethics classes. The conversation continues in podcast form. Some episodes are review, others are elaboration, and some highlight important insights and questions from my students. I hope the content makes you wish you were in the class :P Enjoy!
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This podcast is a place for spillover from my ethics classes. The conversation continues in podcast form. Some episodes are review, others are elaboration, and some highlight important insights and questions from my students. I hope the content makes you wish you were in the class :P Enjoy!
The Problem With Identity Politics (part II interview w/ Noami Zack)
Contemporary Moral Issues (Joel’s Ethics Classes)
34 minutes 7 seconds
2 years ago
The Problem With Identity Politics (part II interview w/ Noami Zack)
In part II of this discussion with philosopher Naomi Zack, Naomi and I finish working through some of my students' questions about her arguments against identity politics. Here are all the things we cover:
Min 2: Question: “Don’t universal policies face pushback too?”
Min 5:10: How social security overcomes the “spite factor.”
Min 6:16: Affirmative action.
Min 10:45: Question: "Isn’t pushback an inevitable part of moving forward? We’ve always seen pushback whenever we’ve made progress as a country.”
Min 16:33: Question: “Doesn’t ‘solving problems’ oversimplifying the purpose of the government? Shouldn’t the maintenance of justice and equal treatment be part of the purpose of the government too?
Min 26:30: Question:“Doesn’t avoiding pushback cede too much to racism? Does your view make white appeasement too morally and pragmatically important.”
Min 28:57: Changing cultural views first. “The government is the last step.”
Min 31:20: Joel expresses hope for shifting views on reparations.
Contemporary Moral Issues (Joel’s Ethics Classes)
This podcast is a place for spillover from my ethics classes. The conversation continues in podcast form. Some episodes are review, others are elaboration, and some highlight important insights and questions from my students. I hope the content makes you wish you were in the class :P Enjoy!
