- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real.
- Nationalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things.
- Compromise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics.
- Ethics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather to reflect on it, and be more open about the fact that something is an ethical issues and think what we ought to do about it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.
- Harming
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.
- Ethics
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places.
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- Nov 07, 2020