how would YOU solve a moral dilemma?

ethical thought experiments seem to pique everyone's interests. but are they actually helpful for ethical decision-making? how do we expand our range of possible choices in a given situation. i consider the power and limits of moral imagination. this video was so disorganized, i'm sorry... but hey, screw systematic structure, we're talking about particularism today! **CORRECTION: by Tim Chappell, i mean Sophie Grace Chappell. my brain did a weird mixing of tim in tim-the-terrorist and chappell lol. thank you sisphyus 55 and BABILA. for their animations and voiceovers! @Sisyphus55 @BABILA. EDITOR: youtube: @pishifat and twitter: https://twitter.com/pishifat ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* i'd love to hear what you all have to say *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 intro 00:19 the baby problem (thanks sisyphus 55) 00:48 applied ethics vs. metaethics 4:19 baking brookies for you 5:45 systematic/scientific ethics 8:52 what's wrong with systematic ethics? 9:51 oppy's atomic bomb dilemma 16:00 the importance of imagining the impossible 18:07 why our imagination can be crap 25:45 "tim the terrorist" (thanks sisyphus 55 & BABILA.) 30:36 improving moral imagination 34:51 outro ★・・・・・★・・・・・★ If you want extra ways to support my channel and get more content, check out my PATREON: patreon.com/oliSUNvia socials: ,, instagram: @olisunvia ,, tiktok: @olisunvia (v lame pls don't judge) ,, spotify: liv sun FOR BUSINESS INQUIRIES: [email protected] ★・・・・・★・・・・・★ SOURCES: Arpaly, Nomy. (2020). “What Is It Like to Have a Crappy Imagination?” Chappell, Sophie Grace. (2014). Knowing What To Do: Imagination, Virtue, and Platonism in Ethics. Kind, Amy. (2020) “What Imagination Teaches.” Nussbaum, Martha. (1986). “The Discernment of Perception: An Aristotelian Conception of Private and Public Rationality.” Rivage-Seul, Marguerite. (1987). "Peace Education: Imagination and the Pedagogy of the Oppressed." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2023). "Transformative Experience." MUSIC: Déodat de Séverac - Valse Romantique Yury Vesnyak - Jazz Waltz 'Charm' Anatoly Lyadov: Prélude in b flat minor Isaac Albéniz - Barcarola Chopin - Nocturne Op.48 No.1 in C Minor tags: ethics, metaethics, morality, the trolley problem, the baby problem, moral thought experiments, moral dilemma, internet analysis, video essay, analysis video, philosophy, tiktok, hannah kim, internet drama, twitter drama, the good place, the organ donor problem, oppenheimer, atomic bomb, world war ii, wwii, hiroshima nagasaki bomb dropping, president truman, chris nolan, oppenheimer bomb scene, chronically online, shanspeare, jordan theresa, vox, vice, cj the x, tiffany ferg, alice cappelle, contrapoints, philosophy tube, madisyn brown, chad chad, sisyphus 55, tara mooknee, babila