Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Book 9)
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Deontologists judge the morality of an act based on features intrinsic to the act itself, regardless of the consequences stemming from the act. To deontologists, the ends never justify the means, but rather the means must be justifiable on
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“The world may be on the brink of another pandemic. All countries will be affected. Widespread illness will occur. Medical supplies will be inadequate. Large numbers of deaths will occur. Economic and social disruption will be great.”
― Eating Animals
― Eating Animals
“But that’s just me. Others see things differently. My point here is just that the failure of people to attend to data in the political domain does not reflect a limitation in their capacity for reason. It reflects how most people make sense of politics. They don’t care about truth because, for them, it’s not really about truth.”
― Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion – How Emotion Undermines Morality, Justice, and Good Policy
― Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion – How Emotion Undermines Morality, Justice, and Good Policy
“We are perilously close to losing an economy and a democracy that are meant to work for everyone and to replacing them with an economy and a government that will exist mainly for a few wealthy and powerful people.”
― Beyond Outrage (Expanded Edition): What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it
― Beyond Outrage (Expanded Edition): What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it
“And then but so what’s the difference between tennis and suicide, life and death, the game and its own end?”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
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