E81 - #81 - The Invention of Good and Evil | Hanno Sauer
Published: December 9, 2025
Duration: 1:15:08
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Hanno Sauer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Utrecht University.
Website: https://www.hannosauer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Good-Evil-History-Morality/dp/0197790259
Summary:In this interview, we discuss Sauer's book on the invention of good and evil. Essentially, the book offers a new history of humanity, told through the prism of our ever-changing moral norms and values. With philosophical expertise and empirical data, Sauer explains how processes of biological, cultural, social, and historical evolution shaped the moral grammar that defines...