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- We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on…
- 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…
- 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,…
- The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how…
- 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…
- If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on…
- If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the…
- I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point…
- The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I…
- Even in non-democratic countries, people have a legitimate interest in knowing about actions taken by the government.
- All I say about severely disabled babies is that when a life is so miserable it is not worth living, then it is permissible to…
- Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see that others are…
- In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot…
- Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good.
- You might hold an ethical position that it's wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to…
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