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Episode #219 ... Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment (Patreon)

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Today we talk about the philosophical themes that Dostoevsky had in mind when writing Crime and Punishment. We talk about Russian Nihilism and it's consequences. Rational Utilitarianism and Egoism. A common misunderstanding of Raskolnikov as an embodiment of Nietzsche's work. Confession. Guilt. Affirming life through consent. And much more. Hope you love it! :)

Catching up on DM's in the next couple days. Looking forward to answering you all! Happy holidays!

Stephen

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Agnieszka Ś

Hello Stephen, hello all, I was wondering about Dostoevsky’s critique of the utilitarian rationalism and how the faith in God and religion generally is kind of the opposite of that. But isn’t Christianity the ultimate utilitarian idea?? God died for you on a cross (!) so you and all people can be saved. Aren’t you glad that he did and that it didn’t have to be you who suffered and died up there? Aren’t we all thankful for this sacrifice of one God who became a man like us to die so we can benefit from it forever? And it already happened, so I guess we can’t do anything about it but just be glad he’s done it , and he’s done it voluntarily so I guess it’s fine, too. (But then again, he had to, it was the only way to save us, so how voluntarily was it really). How is it different from the story you, Stephen, told in the episode where you took apart utilitarianism: you talked about a happy and prosperous city where no one suffered because there was this one child held in the basement that suffered and it was the condition for all the others to be ok? That’s just awful, but isn’t it just so similar to what Christianity is based upon? Ok, Christ did it kind of voluntarily (he was kind of made to do it by his father, too) but he was as innocent as the child in the basement and as much a sacrifice for our prosperity. (And then there’s of course the rest of it: ok, we will not tolerate gays and invitro children, but we do so much good altogether and are in general such a great community that it is still better this way.) thanks for your thoughts and sorry it’s so long.

Kyle Weeks

So; maybe a bit unrelated from the source post here; but is there any knowledge on if there is like an email we can use to contact Stephen West or anything? For the life of me I can’t find any way to get in touch.