Here are four incredibly bad ideas (that are still commonly believed):
1) That people should be judged for, blamed for, or feel shame about the behavior of their ancestors.
Of course, if your ancestors did bad things, you should condemn those acts. And if you directly benefit from something bad your family member did, you should consider if you can make amends.
But, logically, people cannot be morally responsible for events that they were unable to affect.
This bad idea (th...
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human nature
Thinkers Who Say the World Is Insane
Some thinkers see that the world is far more insane than is acknowledged, and that our narratives about society, the future, or the self don’t make sense. They develop a theory to explain things.
Here’s a list of some of those theories (as I interpret them), explained in extremely concise terms as best as I could manage:
The List of Thinkers and Their Core Ideas:
1. Peter Singer
We would ruin expensive shoes to save a drowning child we walked by, but not forgo expensive shoes to sav...
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