Author: ForkingPhilosopher
Chapter 51 – An Actual Solution to the Meaningless Afterlife
In Chapter 51, The Good Place is not the paradise people expected. Instead, people have been turned into pleasure zombies. Pleasure zombies people who are constantly experiencing pleasure, but who do not have a pleasurable response. It is just the normal state of affair for them. They are bored, indecisive, […]
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Chapter 27- Can Science Solve Moral Questions?
In Chapter 27, Chidi has his brain scanned to see if there is a reason why he cannot make decisions. His brain scan is normal. Chidi remarks, “there are actual answers” from the MRI scan. Simone agrees that science is all about getting answers. She then says that philosophers can […]
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Chapter 47 – Two Arguments for Earth’s Destruction
In Chapter 47, the Judge has made her decision. The point system is flawed and the only path forward is to destroy all life on Earth. The audience, presumably, finds the destruction of all life and all human souls in the afterlife, to be a bit of a drastic solution. […]
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Chapter 25- Eleanor Shouldn’t have Passed the Test
In Chapter 25, our four humans convinced the Judge to hear their case. In order to decide if they should could to The Good Place or The Bad Place, the Judge gives each of them a test. Eleanor decided on a group pass/fail. If a single person failed, then they […]
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Chapter 24 – Are Demons Doing Good by Acting Bad?
In Chapter 24, Team Cockroach goes to The Bad Place. While there, we see the demons behaving badly. It seems more of a Bizarro World rather than other views of hell. Bad Janet insults people, trains do not run on time, they eat foods that no one likes (egg salad […]
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Chapter 23 – Why The Good Place Must treat Personal Identity as a Substance
In Chapter 23, we find Chidi and later Eleanor questioning which version is their best self. The neighborhood has been rebooted 802 times. Each time, people’s memories were erased. Here is the problem. Are they the same person in each version? John Locke defines a person has a thinking thing […]
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Chapter 22 – Faith or Friendship
In Chapter 22, Sean returns to The Good Place to promote Michael due to the success of his experiment. The neighborhood is to be dismantled and the humans will be dissected and studied. Michael, with Sean observing, then tells them that they are really in The Bad Place. They all […]
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Chapter 21 – The Doctrine of Double Effect
In Chapter 21, Janet is in a relationship with Derek – the boyfriend she created to aid in getting over Jason. To prevent Vicky from finding out, Michael wants to kill Derek. When Chidi informs him that it is wrong, Michael suggests that they break Jason and Tahani up. If […]
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Chapter 20 – Janet and the Evolutionary Account of Freewill
In Chapter 20, Michael and Janet investigate the cause of Janet’s glitches. It turns out that the cause of the glitches is Janet providing information that is incompatible with objective truth. In other words, Janet is lying. Janet, however, points out that Janets cannot lie. However, after 802 reboots, Janet […]
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Chapter 19 – Framing the Trolley Problem
Chapter 19 has Chidi presenting the Trolley Problem. You are driving the trolley and the brakes give out. If you keep going forward, the trolley will kill five people. If you turn the trolley, you will kill one person. In this situation, what should you do? Note, Chidi actually asks […]
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