Ep 402: Dialogue | Anthony Magnabosco | Justin | Guidance (Atheists Need God to be Good)

The Street Epistemology Podcast

Summary: Justin wonders if it's possible for people to act in a moral fashion without thinking that a God is real and what's really driving that "compelling force." Watch video of talk here: https://youtu.be/fxC0S4go3j8 guid·ance /ˈɡīdəns/ noun 1. advice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficulty, especially as given by someone in authority. Three questions for Justin (and for you): "Why exactly do you think that you would be any different?" "How would I act any different if I didn't think God was real?" "Why would I want to be less moral than I am today?" Note: I didn't notice until editing (or I probably would've said something on camera after the interview) how some of the background action happened to enhance certain aspects of this talk. For example, the golf cart (car) as we discuss the challenges of communicating, the various religious symbols on Justin's jacket, the seemingly lost older couple who stroll into the shot, the green wagon with quiet wheels, the landscaper picking up the leaf and tossing it in the trash. As far as I can tell, it really did just happen to work out that way. Oh! There was one small thing I intentionally snuck into the background--let's see if anyone notices it. Note: If memory serves, the person with the bear was selling flowers or something (as it was Valentine's Day) and we had a brief chat about how she might sell more flowers if she walked around with the bear rather than stood next to it. If you look closely, it seems to help get people's attention. Location: San Antonio, Texas Recorded: 14 February 2020 Released: 3 September 2020 Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco (follow me) YouTube: https://youtube.com/magnabosco210 (tons of videos) Facebook: https://facebook.com/magnabosco210 (like my page) Website: https://anthonymagnabosco.com (contact me, appearances) SE Resources: https://tinyurl.com/abm-se-resources SE Community: https://tinyurl.com/abm-se-community SE Discord Server: https://discord.gg/sKap3zM Skip ahead to a desired point in the talk: -- Teaser: 00:02 Start: 01:24, 02:43, 05:21 Rapport: 01:38 Crack!: 03:08 Questions for Me: 03:13, 23:57 Topic Selection: 04:05, 05:49 Clarifying: 04:38, 08:17, 11:15, 11:50, 12:19, 12:59, 13:50, 14:36, 20:32 Claim (What): 05:30, 07:16, 08:05, 08:26, 17:31, 20:16, 20:25 Wondering: 06:43, 22:58 Pausing: 06:43, 12:23 Repeating: 07:19, 13:17, 15:13, 20:55 Defining: 04:47, 07:30, 17:07 Confirming: 08:22, 09:05, 11:11, 07:47, 20:13, 21:14 Commending: 09:36 Challenging: 08:44, 09:43, 13:26, 13:50, 15:16, 16:35, 18:57, 19:13, 19:57 Growth: 11:29 Helping: 12:15 Confidence: 15:38 Agreeing: 16:13, 19:41 Sentence-Finishing: 17:48 Truth: 17:59 Sharing/Telling: 21:36 Puzzle Pieces: 22:43, 23:46 Justification (Why): 10:08, 14:07, 20:40 Interrupting: 18:33 Skate or Die: 20:10 Aporia: 20:40 Closing: 22:35 Re-Cap: 24:30 HTHIC: 24:47 Preaching: 26:33 Bike or Die: 27:00 End Screen: 27:26 -- Note: Add 35 seconds to these timestamps if listening to the podcast version of this talk. Audio correction provided by Philipp Grzemba. Intro and Outro Music 'Electro Fight' by Kwon, provided by YouTube. Music provided by Jim Rhodes, with Dan Harris on lap steel. Links to References in Video: My talk w/Drone Footage: https://youtu.be/zv0l2LVww2I My talk w/Jacob: https://youtu.be/VoSxHWhFBEA Mistakes: "I may have lost my point." It probably would have been more accurate to say "lose my place"—I'm not sure why I conflate those two words. Targeting "moral epistemology" is but one premise in Boghossian and Lindsay's book 'How to Have Impossible Conversations'—there are several. I highly recommend familiarizing yourself with that book. Recorded w/Go-Pro. Edited w/PowerDirector. The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily shared by members of my family and friends.