Consciousness and Moral Realism | with Sharon Rawlette PhD

Does moral truth exist? In this episode of Waking Cosmos I talk to the philosopher Sharon Rawlette about her work on moral realism and consciousness, and her pursuit of a universal ethical theory grounded in the intrinsic value of conscious states. We discuss her book, The Feeling of Value, utilitarianism, the deep nature of value, hedonism, darwinian suffering, and Sharon’s belief in the teleological (purpose-driven) nature of reality.

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00:00 Introduction
01:52 Defining Consciousness
04:20 The Feeling of Value
08:47 Moral Realism
19:14 Fundamental Consciousness and Ontological Value
25:25 Hedonism
28:39 Utilitarianism
43:21 Ethics and Personal Identity
53:09 Transhumanism and Paradise Engineering
59:15 Longtermism
01:06:57 Darwinian Suffering and Conscious Evolution
01:14:29 Meaningful Coincidences and "Synchronicity"
01:23:40 Outro

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