10 VYou Shorts About Moral Theories (mostly Hedonism/Utilitarianism)
19This is the fourth video composed of 10 short (2 minute or under) clips which I recorded as a user of the now defunct VYou -- an innovative social network which allowed users to record short video responses to questions and comments. All of these particular clips have to do with the subject of Ethics, but this video brings together clips about moral theories -- mainly hedonism and utilitarianism. All of the clips are responses recorded in various places and at different times, where I address another VYouser's questions or comments.
The video quality is not particularly good on some of these clips -- they were recorded using older webcam technology.
0:30 Question 1: Do you think it makes a difference that our sources for moral decisions are conflicted? For example, logic vs emotion in trolley problems?
2:37 Question 2: Is hedonism a good moral theory?
4:39 Question 3: So if I do want pleasure, does that make me a hedonist?
6:39 Question 4: Can you be kind of a hedonist without being completely hedonistic?
8:45 Question 5: How do you distinguish a physical pleasure from a mental one?
10:50 Question 6: Should Utilitarianism be considered the morally conscious perspective in the world as humans become more and more interdependent?
12:26 Question 7: That question was probably a product of my recent Peter Singer indoctrination by the way.
14:15 Question 8: With nature vs nurture, how does philosophy enlighten that perspective with society?
16:15 Question 9: Do you think people were more moral in Plato's time than ours?
18:20 Question 10: What are good introductions to Natural Law theory?
[thanks to Devo oveD for charting out these time points]
You can see other "10 Shorts" in this playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIi7iTK4jkqk7SzSvBhfylRn
I'm now soliciting new questions and comments from viewers and subscribers, to which I'll be responding in some new, higher-quality, 2 minute shorts (organized into groups of 10) -- you can leave those questions and comments on this invitation video: http://youtu.be/98rTac5WJHs