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Types of Intuition: Thomas Nagel on human rights and moral knowledge
- projectileboy 5y agoThomas Nagel is awesome. Highly recommend his A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy - he takes the approach of just getting you to think about philosophical questions, rather than the usual historical perspective.
- spindle 5y agoStrongly agree. That is my favourite short introduction to philosophy (and I'm a philosophy professor).
- devsegal 5y agoOne might want to take a look at the following Dewey Lecture by Tom Nagel: https://youtu.be/MwYZURDU6dA https://youtu.be/MwYZURDU6dA
- ttonkytonk 5y ago"But the completely different way of valuing individuals, by treating each of them decently come what may, and demanding such treatment for ourselves, is a vital part of our lives" I believe one of the single most helpful changes in values would be to give some thought of the welfare of others. The "well that's their problem" ethos is a big part of our problem.
- ttonkytonk 5y ago...some, as in "greater than zero" would be great!