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“But what he was teaching us is that what you see depends on what you believe. What it’s reasonable for you to think, faced with a particular experience, depends on what ideas you already have.”
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
“The mere fact that something you own is important to the descendants of people who gave it away does not generally give them an entitlement to it.”
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
“obscurantism”
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
“Cosmopolitans think human variety matters because people are entitled to the options they need to shape their lives in partnership with others.”
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
“It is a fine gesture to return things to the descendants of their makers—or to offer it to them for sale—but it certainly isn’t a duty. You might also show your respect for the culture it came from by holding on to it because you value it yourself.”
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
― Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
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