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28 | A Very Special Holiday Episode: Learning How to Give with Jacques Derrida

What's Left of Philosophy

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Is Reciprocity Really Good?

Reciprocity is great, but someone with a sort of a adridian angle might ask, on what terms is that reciprocity being given? Once we're dealing now no longer with a free gift, or actually something just kind of uno given gratis, once we're dealing with sets of reciprocally binding obligations, it just doesn't seem like it's that much of a difference. But once yhou're in the territory of contract, youre outside of the territory of the gift. Yes, they seem mutually exclusive. So like yoto to make their doa litl less, woo, woo.

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