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... mean , and we have not found an answer . It cannot refer to the absence of a point of view , for interpretation , selection , specialization , and climates of opinion make points of view inevitable . It cannot mean cognitive neu ...
... mean , and we have not found an answer . It cannot refer to the absence of a point of view , for interpretation , selection , specialization , and climates of opinion make points of view inevitable . It cannot mean cognitive neu ...
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... means by " selfish . " He has two choices : 1. He may mean what common sense means : namely , that selfish acts are those designed to benefit ourselves at the expense of others . In this case his contention that we want only selfish ...
... means by " selfish . " He has two choices : 1. He may mean what common sense means : namely , that selfish acts are those designed to benefit ourselves at the expense of others . In this case his contention that we want only selfish ...
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... means to those who place it at the center of their lives . No single answer is possible here , for religion means ... mean everything . Indeed , insofar as a person centers his life completely on another person the relation tends to ...
... means to those who place it at the center of their lives . No single answer is possible here , for religion means ... mean everything . Indeed , insofar as a person centers his life completely on another person the relation tends to ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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