Good & Evil: Nietzsche, Buddha, Christ, Communism & the Well-Being Equation

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In this video I talk about good & evil. I use some of the characters from Watchmen to illustrate the difference between deontological ethics and consequentialism. I talk about communism and the loss of religion in the West. I talk about Sam Harris' highest value being that of maximization of well-being, and why I think that's the wrong goal. Finally I talk about Nietzsche's position on all this, and why he would have disagreed with Sam Harris and with the Buddhists.

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0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Watchmen: Deontological vs. Utilitarian
4:18 - Plato's Noble Lie & the Dark Knight
6:05 - Religion as Noble Lie
7:30 - Communism
8:20 - Death of God
11:00 - Sam Harris & Torture
12:42 - Objective vs. Path
14:25 - Well-Being is the Wrong Objective
17:15 - Wireheading
19:45 - Buddhism, Nietzsche & Greatness
23:14 - Adolescence of Man, Leaving Home, a Great Adventure