A video about pragmatism. the United States' most significant and distinctive philosophical school and it also reflects core features of American culture. Although distinctive it has deep roots in British empiricism and also has echoes in other traditions, especially East Asian Confucian and Buddhist thought.
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Jesus is widely hailed as a great moral teacher. But does he qualify as a moral philosopher? In this video, I argue that although he appears to be very far from a philosopher, that says more about our misunderstandings of moral philosophy than it does about him.
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Even if we don’t believe that Jesus was the son of God, we tend to think he was a great moral teacher. But was he? And how closely do idealised values such as our love of the family, helping the needy, and the importance of kindness, match his original tenets?
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