# Jason Werbeloff

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Hate Speech | Mark Oppenheimer (Live at St Andrews)

Mark Oppenheimer presents a live seminar at St Andrews. The talk features footage from a prominent hate speech trial that Mark appeared in as a lawyer. What is hate speech? What is the value of free speech? Do some groups deserve special protection against hate speech? Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer…

Oppenheimers on Barbenheimer

Was dropping the bomb on Hiroshima justified? Is Ken the real star of Barbie? Three Oppenheimers weigh in on the film event of the year. Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff Editor and Producer: Jimmy Mullen and Porter Kaufman Brain in a Vat bookshop (Shopify): https://smarturl.it/Br…

Rant-a-Thon 2023

Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! It's the end of the year again and time to rant! This year's collection of rants includes: Jarrod Blair on bad habits that crush the philosophical spirit Matthew Adelstein on the stupidity and depravity of Effective Altruism critics Matt Lutz on possi…

Ep. 47 - Lockdown: Did Government Do the Right Thing? | Guests: Mark Oppenheimer & Jason Werbeloff

I chat to Mark Oppenheimer & Jason Werbeloff about their new book, Lockdown: Did Government Do the Right Thing? Mark studied philosophy at the University of Cape Town, is a practicing advocate at the Johannesburg Bar, and has appeared in the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court. Jas…

Why Israel's Response to Hamas Was Justified | Natasha Hausdorff

What is a proportional response to a terrorist attack? What does genocide involve? And is South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice justified? Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff Editor and Producer: Jimmy Mullen and Porter Kaufman Brain in a Vat bookshop (Shopify): …

Aliens, Social Groups, and the Golden Record | Jason Werbeloff

How would we explain our social structures to aliens? Can we define our social groups in a way that is easy to articulate and understand? Jason Werbeloff argues that it’s extremely difficult to answer even the simplest questions about the nature of our social groups. Does this mean we should …

Rant-a-thon 2024! (Part 1)

Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Featuring rants from Matthew Adelstein (on shrimp welfare), Mark Oppenheimer (on missing the golden age of universities), Craig White (on the folly and immorality of American involvement in Ukraine) David Baker (on the wrongness of peacetime conscripti…

The Renegade Report - Philosophically Speaking

This week's guest is author and lover of wisdom, aka Philosopher, Jason Werbeloff. There’s a focus on ways to construct good arguments, the importance of defining terms, and arriving at conclusions based on truthful premises. Jason explains the content of his PhD thesis which deconstructs ideas aro…

Philosophical Horrors

Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Philosophers J.P. Andrew, Mark Oppenheimer, Jason Werbeloff, Nicholas Delon, and Jason Brennan discuss their worst philosophical nightmares.