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In the end, it is ideas for which people kill each other.
Simon Blackburn
But it is logically impossible that there could exist an 'unowned' dent, a dent without a surface that is dented.
Simon Blackburn
According to Confucianism, the ideal life contains a large dose of respect for traditional ways. All these ideals can be fleshed out and painted in more or less attractive colours. Yet there is something uncomfortable about them, if only because there is little reason to suppose that there is any such thing as the ideal life. Since different people have different tastes and interests, and different cultures encourage different concerns, it seems unlikely that any 'ideal life' will be heavily contextualized: ideal for this person in these circumstances, perhaps, but not much more.
Simon Blackburn
People who have cut their teeth on philosophical problems of rationality, knowledge, perception, free will and other minds are well placed to think better about problems of evidence, decision making, responsibility and ethics that life throws up.
Simon Blackburn
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Simon Blackburn
Occupation:
British Academic
Born:
July 12, 1944
Quotes count:
30
Wikipedia:
Simon Blackburn
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