It is an assumption that there is always one single dimension for assessing persons and their actions that has canonical priority. This is the dimension of moral evaluation; "good/evil" is supposed always to trump any other form of evaluation, but that is an assumption, probably the result of the long history of the Christianisation and then gradual de-Christianisation of Europe, which one need not make. Evaluation need not mean moral evaluation, but might include assessments of efficiency, ... simplicity, perspicuousness, aesthetic appeal, and so on.
In some central and important cases, ... the existence of specific power relations in the society will produce an appearance of a particular kind. Ce… - Raymond Geuss
In some central and important cases, ... the existence of specific power relations in the society will produce an appearance of a particular kind. Ce…
- Raymond Geuss
Humans in modern societies are driven by a perhaps desperate hope that they might find some way of mobilizing their theoretical and empirical knowled… - Raymond Geuss
Humans in modern societies are driven by a perhaps desperate hope that they might find some way of mobilizing their theoretical and empirical knowled…
It is an assumption that there is always one single dimension for assessing persons and their actions that has canonical priority. This is the dimens… - Raymond Geuss
It is an assumption that there is always one single dimension for assessing persons and their actions that has canonical priority. This is the dimens…
Neither the good nor the true is self-realizing, so it is not generally a sufficient explanation of why people believe that X is true, or of why peop… - Raymond Geuss
Neither the good nor the true is self-realizing, so it is not generally a sufficient explanation of why people believe that X is true, or of why peop…
Nietzsche seems sometimes to replace the "transcendence" which stands at the center of traditional accounts the existence of a transcendent God, or, … - Raymond Geuss
Nietzsche seems sometimes to replace the "transcendence" which stands at the center of traditional accounts the existence of a transcendent God, or, …
When Catullus expresses his love and hate for Lesbia, he is not obviously voicing a wish to rid himself of one or the other of these two sentiments. … - Raymond Geuss
When Catullus expresses his love and hate for Lesbia, he is not obviously voicing a wish to rid himself of one or the other of these two sentiments. …
To the extent to which the pull that moves me really is irresistible, like an invincibly strong addiction, the normal procedures of evaluation, delib… - Raymond Geuss
To the extent to which the pull that moves me really is irresistible, like an invincibly strong addiction, the normal procedures of evaluation, delib…
Asking what the question is, and why the question is asked, is always asking a pertinent question. - Raymond Geuss
Asking what the question is, and why the question is asked, is always asking a pertinent question.
A major danger in using highly abstractive methods in political philosophy is that one will succeed merely in generalizing one's own local prejudices… - Raymond Geuss
A major danger in using highly abstractive methods in political philosophy is that one will succeed merely in generalizing one's own local prejudices…
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