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That Hegel's theory is derivative from Fichte's does not prevent it from being strikingly original and of independent value.

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Allen W. Wood
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 1
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Seattle
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Kant was a rational theologian. He did not pretend to be a biblical or revealed theologian.
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I think that both Mill and Sidgwick are great and admirable philosophers, from whom we still have a lot to learn. I would not favor a form of Kantianism (if there is such a form) that treats Mill's or Sidgwick's moral philosophy with disrespect.
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Empiricist philosophy always tends to be anti-philosophy (and is often proud of it).
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Fichte takes an I or free will to be not a thing or being but an act which is not undetermined but self-determined, in accordance with reasons or norms rationally self-given.
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Descartes recommended that we distrust the senses and rely on the ... use of our intellect.
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Leaders of nations, and people whose wealth or fame gives them power over the lives of others quite often do more harm than good.
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Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized.
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There is a lot in Adam Smith that reflects the insights of Rousseau and anticipates those of Marx.
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We can make mistakes about what we ought to do, and these are not the same as making bad decisions about what to do.
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Fichte would identify all states of our minds with states of our body - perhaps not merely of our brain, but the whole body as an acting organism.
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Utilitarians are usually empiricists who think they can solve every problem by accumulating enough empirical facts. They do not realize that thinking as well as experience is necessary to know anything or get anything right.
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Kant does not think that the silly commandment universalize your maxims is the be-all and end-all of ethics or that it provides us with some sort of general decision procedure that is supposed to tell us what to do under all circumstances.
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Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as a means to it.
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In the mid-1960s, as hard to believe as it may be now, choosing to go into academic philosophy was not an imprudent career choice. There were lots of academic jobs in philosophy then.
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People are often most proud of precisely those things of which they should most be ashamed.
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I think the contribution people make is not proportionate to their fame or success. In fact, I think the relation is often inverse.
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Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable effects on the productive capacities of society, but which is of no direct benefit to anyone - not even to the greedy themselves, whose illusory chase after a will-o-the-wisp leaves them morally bankrupt and unhappy.
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Capitalism has not proven to be a transitional form, a gateway to a higher human future.
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It is a culturally interesting (but also deeply depressing) fact that many religious claims seem to retain their emotional power for believers only if taken in ways that are intellectually unsupportable and even morally contemptible.
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