Jordan Peterson — Full Address at the Oxford Union
Jordan Peterson
Clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson delivers a wide-ranging address on meaning, responsibility, and the structure of belief systems.
Why we picked this
Agree or disagree, Peterson's Oxford address is a serious intellectual performance worth engaging with on its own terms.
Whatever you think about Jordan Peterson — and most people have strong opinions — his 2018 Oxford Union address is worth watching as a piece of intellectual performance. Stripped of the culture-war noise that usually surrounds him, this is Peterson doing what he does best: building a case for why meaning and responsibility are inseparable, drawing on clinical psychology, mythology, and existential philosophy.
The Q&A that follows the address is equally revealing. Oxford Union audiences don’t lob softballs, and the back-and-forth pushes Peterson to clarify and defend positions that his fans and critics rarely hear him articulate under pressure.
This is the kind of talk worth watching precisely because it challenges you — regardless of which direction that challenge comes from.