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The Moral Luck Problem
Season 1 Episode 261
What if the worst thing you’ve ever done… wasn’t entirely your fault?
In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we explore one of the most unsettling ideas in moral philosophy: The Moral Luck Problem — the idea that who we judge, blame, praise, or admire often depends less on intention… and more on chance.
You’ll be taken through vivid, second-person stories:
- A single decision that leads to freedom in one world — prison in another
- Two identical people born into radically different circumstances
- Success, failure, guilt, pride, and shame — all shaped by forces you never chose
We unpack the four types of moral luck, ask whether responsibility survives in a deterministic universe, and confront a question most people avoid:
If so much of life is luck… how much moral credit or blame does anyone really deserve?
This episode doesn’t give you answers — it gives you clarity, humility, and a new lens through which to judge yourself and others.
If you’ve ever thought “I would never do that” — this episode might make you pause.
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