Tobiah | The Disappointing Morality of "The Good Place" @Tobiah_vids | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 2 hours ago
"The Good Place" goes to great lengths to wave its moral credentials in your face - but when it comes to answering the moral issues it raises, it falls flat. A bit of light-hearted ribbing/media discussion to give a break from the heavier theology we've been on for a bit.
Parts:
0:00 Introduction
1:50 Title
2:51 Spoiler Warning
3:00 Discussion
13:27 Credits
Social links:
Twitter - twitter.com/Tobiah_vids
References:
[1] Jeremy Bentham (1780) ‘An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation’, T. Payne and Sons – Link: en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Introduction_to_the_Principles_of_Morals_and_Legislation
[2] John Stuart Mill (1863) ‘Utilitarianism’ – Link: earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/mill1863.pdf
[3] Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (2019), ‘Consequentialism’, in Edward N. Zalta (ed.) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Link: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/
[4] Wikipedia, ‘The Good Place’ – Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Place
[5] Annie Kelly (2019) ‘Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths’, The Guardian – Link: theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/16/apple-and-google-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-congolese-child-cobalt-mining-deaths
[6] Environmental Justice Foundation, ‘The True Costs of Cotton’ – Link: ejfoundation.org/what-we-do/cotton/the-true-costs-of-cotton
[7] Clément Fournier (2017) ’10 Of The Most Popular Foods Are Also Among The Worst For The Environment’, YouMatter – Link: https://youmatter.world/en/10-worst-popular-foods/
[8] Peter Singer (2011) ‘Practical Ethics’, Cambridge University Press
"The Good Place" goes to great lengths to wave its moral credentials in your face - but when it comes to answering the moral issues it raises, it falls flat. A bit of light-hearted ribbing/media discussion to give a break from the heavier theology we've been on for a bit.
Parts:
0:00 Introduction
1:50 Title
2:51 Spoiler Warning
3:00 Discussion
13:27 Credits
Social links:
Twitter - twitter.com/Tobiah_vids
References:
[1] Jeremy Bentham (1780) ‘An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation’, T. Payne and Sons – Link: en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Introduction_to_the_Principles_of_Morals_and_Legislation
[2] John Stuart Mill (1863) ‘Utilitarianism’ – Link: earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/mill1863.pdf
[3] Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (2019), ‘Consequentialism’, in Edward N. Zalta (ed.) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Link: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/
[4] Wikipedia, ‘The Good Place’ – Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Place
[5] Annie Kelly (2019) ‘Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths’, The Guardian – Link: theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/16/apple-and-google-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-congolese-child-cobalt-mining-deaths
[6] Environmental Justice Foundation, ‘The True Costs of Cotton’ – Link: ejfoundation.org/what-we-do/cotton/the-true-costs-of-cotton
[7] Clément Fournier (2017) ’10 Of The Most Popular Foods Are Also Among The Worst For The Environment’, YouMatter – Link: https://youmatter.world/en/10-worst-popular-foods/
[8] Peter Singer (2011) ‘Practical Ethics’, Cambridge University Press
