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... seems self - evident . Perhaps I have a duty to take as basic the proposition I seem to see a tree under certain ... seems to me self - evident , and what seems to me to follow self - evidently from what seems to me self - evident . But ...
... seems self - evident . Perhaps I have a duty to take as basic the proposition I seem to see a tree under certain ... seems to me self - evident , and what seems to me to follow self - evidently from what seems to me self - evident . But ...
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... seems to be an enlightened response to the " sin of eth- nocentricity , " and it seems to entail or strongly imply an attitude of tolerance towards other cul- tures . As Benedict says , in recognizing ethical relativity “ we shall ...
... seems to be an enlightened response to the " sin of eth- nocentricity , " and it seems to entail or strongly imply an attitude of tolerance towards other cul- tures . As Benedict says , in recognizing ethical relativity “ we shall ...
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... seems to be the case that , as a value , autonomy is superior to indifferent and bad pur- poses , since it has positive value but these other two categories do not . Autonomy may be more valuable to us than some good purposes , but it ...
... seems to be the case that , as a value , autonomy is superior to indifferent and bad pur- poses , since it has positive value but these other two categories do not . Autonomy may be more valuable to us than some good purposes , but it ...
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Socratic Wisdom 2 Bertrand Russell The Value of Philosophy Suggestions for Further Reading Part II Philosophy of Religion Introduction Can we pr... | 1 |
A Critique of the Cosmological Argument | 2 |
The Watch and the Watchmaker | 3 |
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