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How have modern philosophers impacted society? (Show your work.) It seems obvious that Carmack's ideas have been far more influential than most philosophers' i
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
How have modern philosophers impacted society? (Show your work.)
It seems obvious that Carmack's ideas have been far more influential than most philosophers' ideas, but admittedly this is difficult to measure. Impact on society isn't, though.
“Every mathematician believes that he is ahead of the others. The reason none state this belief in public is because they are intelligent people.”
- dvt 9y agoGorsuch, for example, often bases his arguments and decisions[1] on the moral framework of Dworkin[1] and Singer[2], just to name two of the biggest modern moral philosophers, regularly. If you don't think that SCOTUS decisions have more and longer-lasting social impact than Doom and the Oculus Rift, then we have some foundational disagreements. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/trump-bioethics-supreme-court/515250/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/trump-b... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Dworkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Dworkin [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer
- dsr_ 9y agoGorsuch always manages to contort his opinion to match up with his politics. Being highly educated is orthogonal to being a good person.
- eli_gottlieb 9y ago>Gorsuch, for example, often bases his arguments and decisions[1] on the moral framework of Dworkin[1] and Singer[2], just to name two of the biggest modern moral philosophers, regularly. I don't think that changing Dworkin's or Singer's mind on an issue would proceed to strongly affect Gorsuch's views. I think he'd just find another philosopher to cite, because his ultimate views are political rather than moral.