Episode 28: Moral Persuasion

Dave and Tamler try their best to do a show without guests--we talk about moral persuasion, motivated reasoning, and whether it's legitimate to use emotionally charged rhetoric in a philosophical argument. Plus, we describe how students proceed through the "Stages-of-Singer," and Tamler finally defends himself against Dave's slanderous accusation of hypocrisy about animal welfare.   Links Thomson, J. J. (1971). A defense of abortion.   Philosophy & Public Affairs , 1 , 47-66. Marquis, D. (1989). Why abortion is immoral.   The Journal of Philosophy ,  86 (4), 183-202. Ditto, P. H., & Lopez, D. F. (1992). Motivated skepticism: Use of differential decision criteria for preferred and nonpreferred conclusions.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ,  63  (4),