Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Which of our closely held beliefs will our grandchildren be appalled by?

I love this question. Here's a selection of possible answers.

To that list I would add:

- Our treatment of animals
- Our tolerance of a lack of universal health care
- Probably most things to do with psychology and our assumptions about human judgement in law and society.
- Our belief that we are fashionable.

What are your suggestions?

Also: for a short but interesting discussion of this topic, listen to this interview with Miranda Fricker at Philosophy Bites (audio).

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