Liberal Humanism vs Critical Social Justice & More with Helen Pluckrose

In this new interview series called Reason Review, where a special guest and I focus on the question, 'What are the best set of ideas and values to help make the world a better place?', I had the pleasure of speaking with Helen Pluckrose as my first guest.

Segments:
00:00 Intro
2:30 Ideology Ratings
03:53 Reasons for Liberalism
06:16 Reasons for Humanism
07:12 Reasons Against Conservatism
07:43 Reasons Against Religion
08:18 Reasons Against Critical Social Justice
08:55 Reasons for Conservatism
10:05 Reasons for Religion
11:21 Reasons for Critical Social Justice
12:38 Reasons Against Humanism
13:33 Reasons Against Liberalism
14:55 Representation matters.
18:51 The economy is the foundation of politics.
19:21 Postmodern theories have been institutionalized.
22:26 Intention does not matter nearly as much as impact.
24:57 Bigotry can only flow downhill along gradients of systemic power.
27:05 The educator has the duty of not being neutral.
28:19 The commitment to the personal is political will help make the world a better place.
28:50 Women need special protections in the public sphere.
29:45 The gender binary is an example of structural oppression.
31:17 Critical Social Justice has no large effect.
33:06 Society is constructed in systems of power and privilege.
34:59 The connection between Critical Social Justice and postmodernism is tenuous at best.
37:28 We should attempt to remove social significance from identity categories.
39:26 The civil rights movements were inherently liberal.
42:55 Progressives have stopped trying to effectively persuade people.
45:27 Intersectionality is the ultimate betrayal of women's rights.
46:57 The commitment to equality of outcome will not make the world a better place.
50:26 Wrap Up

Helen is the editor of Areo Magazine, a liberal humanist online publication.
https://areomagazine.com

Helen's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/HPluckrose

Helen and James Lindsay's upcoming book, Cynical Theories:
https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Identity_and/dp/1634312023

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