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Virtue and Vaccines with Dr Julie Ponesse Part 2 - 6CR #136

December 3, 2021

Dr. Julie Ponesse joins Darnell & Joel to continue their conversation. The discussion covers the following:

Does morality require perfection?
Subject matter experts and proper understanding of "Appeal to Authority" fallacy
Epistemology: How do you know that you know?
Public education's shaping of the culture
Is it appropriate to compare vaccine passports with the Star of David?
10 stages of genocide

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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media

Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

Related Episode: #133 & #134

References:

Why are so many choosing a life in a cage? | Dr. Julie Ponesse

WONG-TAM: Let's choose discourse over divisiveness

Toronto Public Health vice-chair questions city’s COVID-19 policy

Wong-Tam apologizes for sharing misleading vaccine information in column

Apologizing for an ‘honest mistake,’ Kristyn Wong-Tam says she won’t be extending her term as public health vice-chair

Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down

John Taylor Gatto

Student dragged from Western University class for repeatedly violating COVID-19 vaccine policy

The ten stages of genocide

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

The Grossly Misunderstood 'Banality of Evil' Theory

Dr. Julie Ponesse contact info:

https://www.thedemocracyfund.ca/

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Black Judges Matter 2: The Cole Truth - 6CR #135

November 26, 2021

Desmond Cole and his "divisive" activism, were recently criticized in a Toronto Star opinion piece. Desmond joins Darnell & Joel to discuss the following:

Is there such thing as objective journalism?
Desmond's criticisms of judge Donald McLeod
Desmond's thoughts on the Toronto Star article and author Royson James
Institutions role in society and making change
Origins of police forces

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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media

Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

Related Episode: 6CR #104

References:

The divisive activism of Desmond Cole: How a campaign against a Black judge shattered Toronto’s Black community

Canada Land - SHORT CUTS #728 Can Desmond Cole Be Cancelled?

Desmond Cole contact info:

https://thatsatruestory.wordpress.com/

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heydesmondcole@gmail.com

The Skin We're In A Year of Black Resistance and Power

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Virtue and Vaccines Debrief - 6CR #134

November 19, 2021

Darnell & Joel debrief the first part of the conversation with Dr. Julie Ponesse.

Our 2 cents on episode #133
Value of conversations between competing ideas/experts
"Morality does not require perfection"
Rule utilitarianism, common good & individual rights
Relative moral standards

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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media

Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

Related Episodes: 6CR #133

References:

Word of the Year 2016 - "Post-Truth"

What is Euthyphro’s Dilemma?

Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics

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Virtue and Vaccines with Dr. Julie Ponesse Part 1 - 6CR #133

November 12, 2021

Dr. Julie Ponesse rose to prominence after being dismissed from her position as ethics professor while taking an ethics based stance against her employer's vaccine mandate. Julie joins Darnell & Joel for a discussion regarding:

Is there a common good and what is good in a collectivist society?
Are vaccine mandates ever justified?
Testing moral theories
Utilitarianism
Moral education
Eugenics

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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media

Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

References:

Ethics professor threatened with dismissal for refusing vaccine

Dr. Julie Ponesse | The Faith and Democracy Series

Counterpoint | Vaccines: Are We Fully Informed?

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An Unequal Economy with Germinal G. Van - 6CR #132

November 5, 2021

Economist Germinal G. Van joins Darnell & Joel to discuss the recent Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Canadian-born David Card. The conversation covers a range of topics.

Becoming an economist, author and autodidact
What is the Nobel Prize?
Effects of minimum wage
Why does income inequality exist?
Economic evaluation of black America
Free market, incentives and the proper role of government
African politics, lobbying and the rule of law

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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media

Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

Related Episodes: #129, #116, #113, #108, #90, #80 & #73

References:

Canadian-born David Card named Nobel prize co-winner in economics

Germinal's IG post regarding David Card's Nobel Prize win

How to Become an Economist without a Degree in Economics?

Unregistered 183: Germinal Van (VIDEO)

Antiracism Is Anti-Abolitionism

Germinal G. Van contact info:

https://www.germinalgvan.com/

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Mises.org published articles

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Vaccine Passports in the Church? - 6CR #131

October 29, 2021

The Ontario government has announced a new covid safety plan which allows churches to remove capacity limitations if they utilize the vaccine passport program. Darnell & Joel discuss the following:

Incentives matter - vaccine passports make church easier
Love your neighbour, consider others more important than yourself
Wealthism, racism & healthism

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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media

Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

References:

Jamil Jivani tweet - "Vaccine passports...tragically divisive"

Order in Council - Ontario Regulation

A Plan to Safely Reopen Ontario and Manage COVID-19 for the Long Term

Vaccine Passports For Churches?

Vaccinated People Also Spread the Delta Variant, Yearlong Study Shows

Byram W. Bridle

Open letter to the president of the University of Guelph from Dr. Byram Bridle

Aborted fetal cells & covid vaccines

Should churches require vaccine passports?

‘I don’t understand how a place of worship is any less important’: Religious leaders ask to be included in Ontario’s vaccine certificate

How Ontario’s Vaccine Passport System Is Likely to Impact Churches

Paul Carter FB post RE: optional vaccine passports in the church

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TYPBST: Black Skin, White Masks with Tony Lemma - 6CR #130

October 22, 2021

Loyal listener, Tony Lemma, joins Darnell & Joel for this TYPBST episode to discuss "Black Skin, White Masks" by Frantz Fanon. Their conversation covers the following:

Frantz Fanon's influence and various works
Chapter 1: The Black Man and Language
Chapter 4: The So-Called Dependency Complex of the Colonized
Chapter 6: The Black Man in Psychopathology

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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media

Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

Related Episodes: #124, #112 & #108

References:

Black Skin, White Masks

The Wretched of the Earth

Antiracism Is Anti-Abolitionism

Bob Murphy Debates Thaddeus Russell on Postmodernism as Foundation for Liberty

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https://www.tonylemma.ca/

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Pandora Papers - 6CR #129

October 15, 2021

The Pandora Papers were leaked in Oct 2021 and contain private information regarding tax avoidance strategies utilized by the world’s elite. Darnell & Joel engage in a conversation about the morality of taxation.

What are the Pandora Papers?
Tax evasion vs tax havens
Are the rich paying there fair share
Is taxation theft?

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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media

Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic

Related Episodes: 6CR #86 & 6CR #73

References:

Pandora Papers: A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak

https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/

The Pandora Papers Are a Political Ploy to Undermine Economic Freedom

The Pandora Papers show the line between tax avoidance and tax evasion has become so blurred we need to act against both

Who has been named in the Pandora Papers?

Canadians caught up in Pandora Papers

While foreign aid poured in, Jordan’s King Abdullah funnelled $100m through secret companies to buy luxury homes

The Origin of the Income Tax

Wartime Origins of Modern Income-Tax Withholding

Gary North’s Ethics Of Taxation

Tom Woods Show: Ep. 1370 The Fake Social Contract

Do The Rich Pay Their Fair Share?

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Are Religious Exemptions Biblical? - 6CR #128

October 8, 2021

Vaccine passports and mandates have caused disruption across the world. Recently, the media has been questioning some NBA players regarding their vaccine status and religious exemptions. Darnell & Joel discuss the following: