In this shorter episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Samo Burja about the war in Ukraine. Samo is the founder of the geopolitical analysis firm Bismarck Analysis.We talk about Western sanctions and their effects of Russias relations

Big Ideas - Bryan Caplan

Feb 22nd, 2022 1h 10m

On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Bryan Caplan. Bryan is a professor of economics at George Mason University. His latest book is Labor Econ Versus the World: Essays on the World's Greatest Market.We talk about some of Bry

Ethics and World Government - Neil Sinhababu

Feb 2nd, 2022 2h 17m

On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Neil Sinhababu. Neil is a professor of philosophy at the University of Singapore.Our conversation has two broad topics: We talk about metaethics and we talk about world government as a wa

How Can We Best Reduce Suffering? - Magnus Vinding

Nov 21st, 2021 2h

On today’s episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Magnus Vinding. Magnus is the co-founder of Center For Reducing Suffering and the author of the books Suffering-Focused Ethics and Reasoned Politics.We begin by talking about suffering

Moral Uncertainty - Krister Bykvist

Oct 21st, 2021 2h 42m

On today’s episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Krister Bykvist. Krister is a Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University and Institute for Futures Studies.We talk about the approach to moral uncertainty laid out by Krister and

Creating Utopia - Joseph Carlsmith

Jul 27th, 2021 3h 15m

On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Joseph Carlsmith. Joseph is a research analyst at Open Philanthropy and a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Oxford. His views and opinions in this podcast are his own, an

The Ethics of Aliens - Milan Cirkovic

May 7th, 2021 3h 3m

On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast I talk with Milan Cirkovic. Milan is an astrophysicist at the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade and a researcher at The Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. We talk about an effective

Building a Worldview - Michael Huemer

Mar 27th, 2021 3h 6m

On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast I talk with Michael Huemer. Michael is a professor of philosophy at the university of Colorado. We talk about how to build a worldview, epistemology and intuitions, metaethics and consciousness, utilit

The Science of Pleasure - Kent Berridge

Mar 22nd, 2021 52m 41s

On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast I talk with Kent Berridge about the science of pain and pleasure. Kent Berridge is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Michigan and the leader of the Berridge Lab for Affective Neuroscienc

Ending Aging - Aubrey de Grey

Mar 8th, 2021 2h 41m

Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist. He’s the co-founder and chief science officer of the SENS Research Foundation, which is a non-profit that does basic research on aging and treatments for aging.We start with the basics of aging, an

The Future of Consciousness - Andrés Gómez Emilsson

Jan 30th, 2021 4h 15m

On this episode of the Utilitarian Podcast, I talk with Andres Gomez Emilsson who is co-director of research at the Qualia Research Institute.The Qualia Research Institute is a non-profit whose goal is to study consciousness in a scientificall

Knowing What We Should Do - Simon Rosenqvist

Dec 14th, 2020 2h 16m

Simon Rosenqvist recently completed his PhD in philosophy at Uppsala University and we cover his conclusions in this podcast.We talk about consciousness in humans, animals and machinesWe discuss the best formulation of utilitarianismAnd we t

Utilitarian Intuitions - Torbjörn Tännsjö

Nov 24th, 2020 2h 50m

I talk with Torbjörn Tännsjö about his personal relation to moral philosophy and utilitarianism, moral methodology and the role of intuitions in ethics, moral realism, nihilism and religion, the repugnant conclusion and factory farming, the sta

Grand Futures - Anders Sandberg

Oct 6th, 2020 3h

Sandberg tells us about the current human situation, possible future trajectories, the explanation for the undersupply of efforts to reduce catastrophic risks, humanity's wisdom and coordination, the risks posed by nation states, the methodolog

The Feeling of Value - Sharon Hewitt Rawlette

Aug 29th, 2020 1h 59m

Sharon Hewitt Rawlette and I discuss the metaethical thesis of her book The Feeling of Value, which centers around normative qualia. We touch upon perspectival bias, pain and pleasure, how to construct a robust moral realism, the is-ought disti

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