We usually can't know how, and we probably should not even ask, how our lives contribute to a better world.
Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable effects on the productive capa… - Allen W. Wood
Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable effects on the productive capa…
- Allen W. Wood
Our procedures of deliberation are not ways of finding out independent moral truths but instead ways of "constructing" these truths, in the process o… - Allen W. Wood
Our procedures of deliberation are not ways of finding out independent moral truths but instead ways of "constructing" these truths, in the process o…
Capitalism has proven to be a far more terrible system than Marx could ever bring himself to imagine. Those who are so deluded as to find something g… - Allen W. Wood
Capitalism has proven to be a far more terrible system than Marx could ever bring himself to imagine. Those who are so deluded as to find something g…
Capitalism now seems more likely a swamp, a bog, a quicksand in which humanity is presently flailing about, unable to extricate itself, perhaps doome… - Allen W. Wood
Capitalism now seems more likely a swamp, a bog, a quicksand in which humanity is presently flailing about, unable to extricate itself, perhaps doome…
People are often most proud of precisely those things of which they should most be ashamed. - Allen W. Wood
People are often most proud of precisely those things of which they should most be ashamed.
Descartes recommended that we distrust the senses and rely on the ... use of our intellect. - Allen W. Wood
Descartes recommended that we distrust the senses and rely on the ... use of our intellect.
Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as a means to it. - Allen W. Wood
Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as a means to it.
It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part of our political culture. It is sh… - Allen W. Wood
It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part of our political culture. It is sh…
In general, those who defend capitalism are basically out of touch with reality. - Allen W. Wood
In general, those who defend capitalism are basically out of touch with reality.
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