{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#448 \u2014 The Philosophy of Good and Evil","description":"Sam Harris speaks with David Edmonds about moral philosophy and effective altruism. They discuss Edmonds\u2019s book Death in a Shallow Pond, Peter Singer\u2019s famous drowning child thought experiment, arguments for and against thought experiments, \u201ctrolleyology,\u201d consequentialism, the origins of the Effective Altruism movement, the controversial strategy of \u201cearning to give,\u201d Derek Parfit\u2019s influence on contemporary ethics, the backlash against effective altruists, Angus Deaton\u2019s critique of the efficacy of foreign aid, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org\/subscribe. ","author_name":"Making Sense with Sam Harris","author_url":"http:\/\/www.samharris.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39327015\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/3b94d9\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/196333915"}