Moral Discourse and the Value of Philosophy with Ronny Fernandez

<p>What is normative hedonism? What's the difference between wanting something and <em>wanting</em> to want something? Should we only care about the experiences of conscious beings? What's wrong with moral discourse? Does philosophy ever actually make progress, or is it still only discussing the things that were discussed a thousand years ago? What is (or should be) the role of intuition in philosophy? Why should people study philosophy (especially as opposed to other disciplines)? What can we do to create more rationality or systematic wisdom in the world? How can we disagree better?</p><p>Ronny Fernandez is a philosophy PhD student at Rutgers University and high school dropout. He is interested in formal epistemology, human rationality, and AI alignment. He blogs at <a href="https://figuringfiguring.com/">figuringfiguring.com</a>. You can follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/TrueBrangus">@TrueBrangus</a> or send him an email at <a href="mailto:anonnerdfrenzy@gmail.com">anonnerdfrenzy@gmail.com</a>.</p>