Moral Truths and Moral Secrets — Peter Singer (open.spotify.com)

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Excellent interview by Joe Walker with Peter Singer.

A really interesting part towards the end of the interview about Australia's (after colonisation) unique ethics foundations compared to US and UK, and possible reasons for the differences, given the closeness of relations.

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[-] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Australians view their government as a vast public utility.

I liked this observation. And I agree - this is a fairly crucial difference in the way we see our respective governments.

I also agreed with the secular comment. I have friends I have known for 20+ years, and wouldn't have a clue whether they subscribe to any religion. It simply isn't that big of a deal, to us. As for our politicians, I neither know nor care whether any of them are religious - so long as they are good at their job.

We knew the religion of our last Prime Minister, but that was mostly because he was a bit of a moron about it.

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