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Episode 93: Aaron Herold - The Democratic Soul

The Political Theory Review

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Is Spinoza's Teaching on Natural Right a Moral One?

Spinoza is quite explicit, and, you know, he migt, you might even say irresponsible, in the way that he presents the insights of a reason. He gives sole priority not is priority, but sole emphasis to they cometo the self interest of the rational individual. And then he says, annotation, that people who are guided by reason don't really see rights. So whatever happens nature, that happens justlyan i think i read that in the book as a kind of moral approxse,. superimposing moral categories on to what is a world of amoral, deterministic, natural necessities.

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