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“Capitalism has not proven to be a transitional form, a gateway to a higher human future.”

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For the utilitarian, there is a fact of the matter about the good (the general happiness, or whatever conception of the good the utilitarian…

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No theory about our bodies as mere objects of observation and calculation (as distinct from partners in communicative interaction, assumed to be free) can…

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Kantian ethical theory distinguishes three levels: First, that of a fundamental principle (the categorical imperative, formulated in three main ways in Kant's Groundwork); second, a set of duties, not deduced from but derived from this principle, by way of its interpretation or specification, its application to the general conditions of human life - which Kant does in the Doctrine of…

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Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.

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We commit not only theoretical error but also moral wrong in objectifying ourselves or other rational beings, ignoring their capacities for free action and…

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Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized.

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That Hegel's theory is derivative from Fichte's does not prevent it from being strikingly original and of independent value.

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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 shameful to see politicians exploiting these human weaknesses in order to gain political power. It is most depressing of all to contemplate a future in which politicians who do this will continue…

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It is rational to choose the right means to your ends to develop very elegant abstract formal theories of rational choice, and then turn these into what look like moral theories. Philosophers tend to be ravished by the formal beauty of such theories, and they don't pay much attention to the fact that our human limitations make them pretty useless…

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We can never prove that we are free or integrate our freedom in any way into our objective conception of the causal order of…

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Kant regards the universalizability test for maxims as focused on a very special sort of situation: one where the agent is tempted to make an exception to a recognized duty out of self-preference. The universalizability test is supposed help the agent to see, in a particular case of moral judgment, that self-preference is not a satisfactory reason for exempting yourself…

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My own view is that Kant's conception of the duality of the good (morality and happiness, the good of our person and the good…

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Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.

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Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

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Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

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There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt - until recently... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor,…

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Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,…

Joseph Stalin

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Corporations have nothing to do with values, and they know it, and sometimes say it.

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Capitalism, communism ... it's all garbage.

Mstislav Rostropovich

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There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

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Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and…

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“Scholars have long debated whether capital markets lead to appropriate levels of saving and investment for future generations.”

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“A car is one of the most interesting inventions, but driving is one of the most boring activities.”

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“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre of them. And the guilty Thieves of Europe, the real sources of all deadly war in it, are the Capitalists”

John Ruskin

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