Amia Srinivasan and Philosophical Genealogy
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The Meaning of the Word Good
In Nita, the concept of good has a really interesting history. And one reason why analytic philosophers have liked nita's genealogy is that he gives a kind of conceptual analysis of the word good. The idea is that if you trace the history of certain central concepts and certain central values and practices, you'll get a story that looks very different from the idealized story. It goes with a whole theologicala picture that nitu thinks is basically to serve this slave revolt.
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