#6 The Post-Ethical Age of Nihilistic Opportunism

Is morality declining? Do we live in a post-ethical age? In this chat, Jonathan and Prashant Bhawalkar discuss these topics and go deep into the rabbit hole.

Prashant is a writer and novelist based in Montreal, Canada. His first novel Unruly Times was published in 2009. A satire on identity politics in literature, it went on to get longlisted for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award. He was born in Mumbai, India and has lived in Sydney, Toronto, New York, Singapore, San Francisco, and Montreal. Prashant has worked in journalism, advertising, and healthcare communications.

The Academy Of Advanced Thought as mentioned by Jonathan, can be explored here: https://academyofadvancedthought.com/

The paper mentioned by Jonathan entitled 'The illusion of moral decline' can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06137-x

One of the books mentioned by Prashant entitled 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevsky can be learned about here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov

Prashant also referenced Iliad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad) and, of course, The Life Of Brian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian)