How do we Right and Wrong?

How does morality work? How do we work out what's right and wrong? Why do we have to ________?
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I think they are at least on the level of CGP Grey and better than minutephysics/earth

[@1503nemanja]

Heh, back when this channel was very young I was sure this *was* minuteearth. Mostly because Jesse and Henry have similar voices and I went from minuteearth to This Place without realizing I switched channels (was jumping through recommendations and the channels are somewhat similar). Anyway I didn't realize my mistake until I tried to find and rewatch the Grand Banks Cod video and realized it is nowhere to be found on minuteearth.

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I think the old minuteearth videos were similar in quality and content to those of this channel, but IMO the newer ones simply lack quality... especially that take on infaticide by minuteearth was just a mess.

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Symbiotic Coherence how was it a mess?

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fatsamcastle I dunno... it felt like one to me

[@jef9748]

"The pleasure of sex and the terrors of venereal infection, like pregnancy." xD love it

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meh, heard the joke before.

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you actually cite your sources... ...you are not allowed in the internet!

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How does do citation?

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Like how Wikipedia is banned?

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@@Zeno_Perceus ?

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[@1503nemanja]

I love how you approach all topics from First Principles reasoning and you are not afraid to discuss taboo things. I can't wait for more free minded and educational videos from you!

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great script, great narration, great music, great animation! Thumbs up to this place, Encouraging evaluation.

[@halfnwhole751]

12:40 When I saw the feather fall I instantly knew what was gonna happen

[@physioweng]

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Oh god....if you take out the emoji it is...So...So...wrong........

[@UnPuntoCircular]

I haven't yet identified what draws me to your channel Jesse, but whatever it is, keep doing it! hahahaha

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UnPuntoCircular oh hey there Ever Salazar. I didn't realise you had your own KZbin channel. I've just Subscribed.

[@UnPuntoCircular]

Tetracarbon (Phillip Wong) hahaha. Thanks! It is in Spanish and haven't posted in a long time, but I will at some point!

[@Tetracarbon]

+UnPuntoCircular Amigo, tu trabajo es muy bueno. Mi español es horrible estos días, y ya que no tengo bastante oportunidad de hablar aquí en Australia. Me parece en tus videos que hablas muy rápido (que es mi culpa, no la tuya), pero hablas muy claramente! Aprendí a hablar en Costa Rica, entonces que tu acento es maravilloso. Me esfuerzo por escuchar los Chilenos en Australia.

[@UnPuntoCircular]

Jajajaja, gracias. En los doblajes que hago para MinutoDeFisica y MinutoDeLaTierra hablo incluso un poco más rápido

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Are you from

[@interestingcommentbut....7378]

Heavily underrated channel.

[@genessab]

Getting real into kinky imagery on this one

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3 videos in one week? is jesus coming back???

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Luke Gonnella he leaving apparently

[@fleedoop7404]

why? and how do you know this?

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[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

If someone told you to do a task and if you would not do it he or she would kill you now think about this it was your choice to not do the task you could of stoped it Now does that count as killing your self?

[@aparthia]

You've been really productive lately, LOVE IT!

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The content is getting more frequent and the quality is at its best. Love this channel!

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Your videos are awesome! Please keep it up!

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ywecur_ Absolutely agree!

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Im really liking the fact your making more videos now so please keep em coming and the best thing is that the quality hasnt changed! You've upped production and kept it great!

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I am so happy youtube recommended me you; now I have a good reason to watch videos that make me feel like I have actually learned something. Keep up the amazing work; I am definitely going to show your vids to my peers and teachers!

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Well researched, all sources referenced, with additional work being done, quality and appealing animation, and professional level voice over. Colour me impressed Sir, you just gained another Patron. Thanks for your amazing work!

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oh my god so many videos in so little time it's a miracle!

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I love the style of these videos. Not only the graphics and animations but the chronology, jokes, and everything.

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These videos been dropping back to back. Good shit

[@katoyukimaru]

Certainly I'm going to think about this video for the next few weeks. Poses very important questions that I have not thought about before. Great video, Mr. Agar. Nice to see you posting regularly.

[@Flamezz7]

You make great videos that blend humour and information really well. I hope you continue make more because the quality of these videos are through the roof

[@aliew27]

Just started watching and your stuff is great. I love how you always seem to go one step deeper than just defining the topic. I hope you continue.

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This is really fantastic and you've put to paper (or video) a lot of ideas that I've had stewing in my head. I love that you have a reasonable degree of academic rigor ( at least for popular science videos) but that you never come across as aloof and rarely come across as preachy. The fusion of science and philosophy is exactly what we need right now. Keep up the good work!

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I love videos that actually make me think. Content that actually challenge me intellectually (which is relatively hard to do). Content that is educational and discusses important issues and getting deep down into the "why?" And "how?" of things and their functions. I love your channel and the videos you make. Keep it up!

[@ReasonMakes]

Love the videos. Thanks so much for making them! :)

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Wow, you've really been cranking out the videos lately. Pretty sweet.

[@kingdrew5083]

This video clears up my confusion between right and wrong thanks so much!

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It's awesome, I'm just so freaking impatient. TED Talks are the only thing that can get me to watch a video over 7 minutes.

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Love your videos!

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Congrats on 100k btw - you deserve it!

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Thank you for all your videos, your wonderful animation, etc. etc. I love your channel!

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You honestly have some of the best videos and love your content

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Man, the quality of your videos has really stepped up a notch... Kepp it UP ;)

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I love your animation style and the concepts that it brings to life!

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The ending was hilariously dark.

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insane production quality

[@koloblicin4599]

Haha had to think about that very lecture when I saw that scene in your video and it actually was your source ^^ inspiring stuff ;)

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I love your videos, thank you for the work you put into them!

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Three videos in one week? christmas already? i'm going to patreon right now!

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man you're such a good youtuber I'm surprised only this many people watch you but I am sad that you don't make any vids anymore... I LOVE THEM!!!!!!

[@predicate]

5:45 that D&D analogy is absolutely brilliant

[@BooBarr]

Can I just say what a great voice and cadence you have? Did you have to practice or get voice coaching? You could probably talk about almost anything and I would listen to it.

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Great channel man!

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your voice and humor absolutely amazing

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There's just so much in this video I want to praise. Just. Omg. This age of hyperbole is making it hard to express my feelings. This video. Good. Very good.

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Really great video man. Keep it up!

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Amazing video, really interesting to think about these things

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This stuff reminds me of The Good Place

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I love your channel so damn much!

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how did i not know about this channel? well done

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This video was amazing as ever :)

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man, you are really good, nice vids bro

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Everyone needs to watch this!!!!!!

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Dam dude I love your way of thinking. And great vid!

[@TheLivetuner]

Solid new content Jesse!

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Yay a video!

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Damn, these videos are so good!

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Probably one of the best channels on KZbin.

[@madbadmeerkat4287]

The last five minutes of this video have more moral insight than anything else ive seen on KZbin.

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Thank you for this.

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I just want to say I've subscribed to your channel after watching three videos. Usually I'll have to watch hours worth of content to decide to subscribe. That should say something about the quality of your content.

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Keep pumping this kind of content and your channel's gonna explode pretty soon 😉

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I like the new release schedule.

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this channel is fantastic.

[@sprouts]

another great one. I love your channel! I guess it would make sense to make all your videos in in a second, less fast and funny but slower and more sober. That could turn out to have more educational value. To think about the things you say takes time and not everybody's brain can follow these thoughts fast enough, let alone ponder on them.

[@steijnvanb4634]

This was a very good video.

[@skullhoof]

To those who what to push someone to stop the train, why not you jump into the track yourself instead.

[@somewony]

That is why the problem is typically presented as you (a normal weight person) pushing a fat person. In that situation you wouldn't be able to jump in front of the train yourself.

[@HeWhoShamesNarwhals]

Because me dying is the ultimate bad, someone else dying is just bad. It's really just a matter of self preservation.

[@violetlavender9504]

Skullhoof individualism me>you

[@violetlavender9504]

Johnathan Bennett Y tho?

[@easilyforgettableyoutubeco2149]

Skullhoof For that, its because quite simply put, the fat man is worth little to nothing to me. However i am worth alot to myself, hence it is better to push the fat man off than jump off myself. If the fat man was my relative that i saw him as greater value than myself, than i will just not push the man off and let the five people die. However, i am not even the guy who wants to push the fat man off. Realistically speaking, if i pushed the man off, i would be accused and sentenced to murder. I'd rather the 5 people die than facing the risk of my welfare. Because many people die all over the earth to many other causes, and this is one of them, like how some terrorists kills 100 over students in a single attack, people die. And as much as people like to be heroic, It is not smart to sacrifice yourself for 5 useless strangers. Since millions of others die every year. You saved like 0.00001% of the people that would have died in one year at the expense of your own life and all the years you have lived through.

[@madbadmeerkat4287]

"venereal infections like pregnancy" Lol ouch

[@erhagman]

THIS IS SO GOOD YOU ARE SO GOOD

[@DeconvertedMan]

pretty darn good.

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My favourite channel, next to Vsauce. Great stuff man, keep up

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Brilliant!!

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So so so good. Subbed.

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Can i use only the trolley part for the presentation of my thesis at the university? i just need that part of the video.

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This is the definition of a channel that is neither good nor bad. It's just unique, sort of justifies what you were talking about in this video.

[@Calyrekt]

thanks

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you are genius. keep up the good videos.

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3 videos in one week

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I love when u upload its soooooooooooooooooo gooooooood!!!!!

[@michellew5326]

I've been patiently waiting for your videos! I think Foucault's work would definitely be a great supplement to this! Especially on madness :D

[@EinsiJo]

Pushing the person is LESS ok than pulling the lever because there you could jump in front of the train yourself. You have a choice between sacrificing yourself and sacrificing another that you don't have in the lever instance. Yes, you are still sacrificing one life to save many, but rather than deciding that the lives of five strangers are more important than that of one, you're deciding that your life is more important than that of a stranger.

[@EinsiJo]

Also, no matter how you rationalize it, there is no way to be certain that a body on the tracks will slow the train down enough to save the rest of them, so you'd be adding one more fatality on a gamble you're probably not capable of understanding the odds of.

[@MisterLepo]

Interesting line of thought :D.

[@TAKProject]

I think the point of the thought experiment is to have the person be super obese(or some other reason) to the point that they are the only one that could stop the train. Giving someone the option to throw themselves onto the tracks is not part of the thought experiment, however it would be an interesting to see the results of that modification.

[@dmoneyswagg64]

EinsiJo oh my god why are people so stupid. Look dipshit I didn't think this was needed to be said but you can't fucking jump in front of the train. Did you not understand the video?! Either you pull the lever or don't, either you push them or don't. No other options you stupid piece of SHIT.

[@dmoneyswagg64]

EinsiJo you are a fucking moron. Do you not comprehend what a scenario is? It is 100% true that in this scenario that off you push the person the train will stop. All you keep FUCKING doing is over analyzing the scenario so you don't have to fucking answer it.

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These are the most professional videos on all of Yotube!

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You earned a new subscriber :D

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A hat trick? It's a thanksgiving miracle!

[@andreirost4696]

I defined right as beeing the comparasion between more people which is better than beeing wrong.

[@Gunnar120]

This has rapidly become my favorite channel. Nothing like some positive nihilism in my day! 😎

[@MrBlues113]

You are....... Brilliant

[@chryoyo4305]

This is amazing! It's good to see people getting on these topics. :) Or is it? Maybe someone disagrees. ;) If you don't understand you probably didn't finish or understand the video..

[@meanncat3050]

It's good and bad. Good because stuff like this NEEDs to be talked about, not to mention it's interesting. And bad because people love twisting others' words and even only hearing what they want. However I've noticed an increase in people who actually listen and use their brain, who will debate and not just yell at you and insult you. The rude internet-goers have decreased, at least where I've been on youtube, facebook, and tumblr. [facebook was especially bad]

[@slugfly]

Great video! :D

[@robinjac4322]

While I've garnered my own perceptions of how to make choices such as these from a rather spiritually inclined book, I have to say they do align nicely with the points mentioned in this video. I suppose I am a believer in consequential reasoning, with the eye on perspectives in an altruistic light though. Meaning that I''m always trying to be aware of the fact that there are uncountable things I do not know and that when in doubt, I try to act on the basis of compassion and trust. So probably a combination of logical reasoning, past knowledge on differing perspectives on topics, a healthy dose of curiosity and ability to be wrong, with the gaps filled in by trust in the knowledge that what's actually best for me is what is also best for you. At least when looked at from a broad enough lens.

[@ObamaBinKillin]

Excellent video. I feel as if we have to meet and have some Starbucks and discuss the meaning of understanding.

[@frankytoad12]

You had me at the virgins/raisins line.

[@sirbedivere5670]

I know it's late but did you read Utilitarianism by Bentham and Mill and Deontology by Kant before making this video? Anyway, nice video. I look forward to other works of yours.

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In Greek " pillar of salt" is a saying, it means whęn you're not moving especially if you're shocked or excited!

[@imaytag]

10:35 I'm having difficulty with this statement. Isn't this only true if we all agree on what 'better' is?

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This is the best channel on KZbin.

[@hughjohnston2506]

always so open ended. Its partially unsatisfying but also good because it makes you ponder

[@nachochips8090]

quick side question: how long does it take to make these videos? (great video btw)

[@Dkyj]

So basically our morality is all subjective?