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 mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“The Waystone was his, just as the third silence was his. This was appropriate, as it was the greatest silence of the three, wrapping the others inside itself. It was deep and wide as autumn’s ending. It was heavy as a great river-smooth stone. It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“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
“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
“SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY WELCOMES AND rewards more than one kind of person. Diverse residents support themselves and enrich one another’s lives with different talents. So, too, over a season’s communal work at a student farm, a group bonds to become a family.”
― The Urban Garden: How One Community Turned Idle Land into a Garden City and How You Can, Too
― The Urban Garden: How One Community Turned Idle Land into a Garden City and How You Can, Too
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