140. Maps of Meaning 12: Final - The Divinity of the Individual

140. Maps of Meaning 12: Final - The Divinity of the Individual

In this, the final Maps of Meaning lecture for 2017, Dr. Peterson reviews the year and its offerings: What is a belief system? Why are people so inclined to engage in conflict to protect their belief systems? It's partly because our belief systems are not only systems of belief, but structures that serve to render everyone who participates in that belief and its dramatization and acting out in the world predictable, trustworthy and cooperative (even when competing). Is there a hierarchy of rank or value among belief systems, or are they merely arbitrary? What is the relationship between descriptions of the objective world and moral guidelines? How do you determine how to conduct yourself in the world? What should you do (and is that question even genuine -- or answerable?) What inbuilt structures do you bring into the world, as a consequence of biological evolution, that help you orient yourself in life, in the face of its overwhelming complexity? What is the relationship between the games that children learn to play when becoming socialized and the cultural structures that guide us in broader society? How is all this related to the underlying symbolic structures (religious structures) that sit at the base of our societies and belief structures? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Great Sacrifice: Abraham and Isaac

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7 Sep 20172h 41min

Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah

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Abraham: Father of Nations

Abraham: Father of Nations

Lecture 10 in the Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories series. The Abrahamic adventures continue with this, the tenth lecture in my 12-part initial Biblical lecture series. Abraham's lif...

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The Call to Abraham

The Call to Abraham

Lecture 9 in my Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories series. In this lecture, I tell the story of Abraham, who heeds the call of God to leave what was familiar behind and to journey into...

25 Aug 20172h 43min

The Phenomenology of the Divine

The Phenomenology of the Divine

Lecture 8 in the Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories series. In the next series of stories, the Biblical patriarch Abram (later: Abraham) enters into a covenant with God. The history of...

22 Aug 20173h 12min

Walking With God: Noah and the Flood

Walking With God: Noah and the Flood

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19 Aug 20172h 38min

The Psychology of the Flood

The Psychology of the Flood

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19 Jul 20172h 44min

Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers

Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers

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4 Jul 20172h 38min

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