{"podcast":{"title":"Sadler's Lectures","slug":"sadler-s-lectures-233636","podcast_index_feed_id":233636,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:452424567/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000454164567-ok8t43-original.jpg","author":"Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler","episode_count":500,"summary":"I'm that YouTube Philosophy Guy! Find more than 3…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T04:21:47.402430+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sadler-s-lectures-233636"},"episode":{"title":"Derick Parfit, Reasons And Persons - Effects Of Population Growth - Sadler's Lectures","slug":"derick-parfit-reasons-and-persons-effects-of-population-growth-sadler-s-lectures","published_at":"2026-07-20T14:27:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sadler-s-lectures-233636/derick-parfit-reasons-and-persons-effects-of-population-growth-sadler-s-lectures","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sadler-s-lectures-233636","url":"https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/derick-parfit-reasons-and","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2358824492-gregorybsadler-derick-parfit-reasons-and.mp3","summary":"This lecture discusses key ideas from American philosopher Derick Parfit's book Reasons And Persons, specifically the chapter titled \"The Repugnant Conclusion\". Specifically it examines the effects that population growth could be conceived or experienced to have upon the individual happiness or quality of life of the population either in the present or the future. In many cases increasing the population will lead to a lowering of the individual happiness or quality of life of members of that population To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 4500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Get Derek Parfit's Reasons And Persons here - https://amzn.to/4etfqcw","meta_description":"This lecture discusses key ideas from American philosopher Derick Parfit's book Reasons And Persons, specifically the chapter titled \"The Repugnant Conclu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":701,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sadler-s-lectures-233636/episodes/derick-parfit-reasons-and-persons-effects-of-population-growth-sadler-s-lectures/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sadler-s-lectures-233636/derick-parfit-reasons-and-persons-effects-of-population-growth-sadler-s-lectures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}