Morality Before Metaphysics | Simon Blackburn, Raymond Tallis, Joanna Kavenna
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Ascent From the Cave Is a Myth
I think, as rayse saying about the absolutes, we'd have to be quite worried about who they are. It's a bit like with censorship. I thin, the interpretation of that role is itself very important. Simen, i think we'll ask philosopher. One of the first philosophers to expect there to be a tight connection between metaphysics and morality was plato. The ascent from the cave is a myth about how, with the right kind of understanding, you transcend the picture of the world which is available to ordinary people.
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