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Oct 2017
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The Good, The Bad And The Unknown | Gita...

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Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes We all want a better world and most see morality as helping to choose the right actions. Yet we can't know for sure the outcome of any action. Is morality therefore curiously independent of outcomes? Does this leave it without foundation or function? Or do good and bad have ... Show More
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