What’s the problem with anger?
The more a machine is designed to look as though it’s trying to help, the more angry we get with it when it lets us down.
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Where should we draw the line?
There may be clear moral lines, but also a need to cross them. Paradoxical though it may sound, something may still be wrong even when it becomes right to do it.
ReadIs it OK not to have an opinion?
There is a kind of agnostic who genuinely has no opinion and so doesn’t criticise those who do. But many agnostics have a very clear opinion indeed: that the balance of probability is too fine to call. This is not suspension of belief in the face of uncertainty but the certain belief that the matter is especially uncertain.
ReadWho should we trust?
The philosophic soul trusts herself no more and no less than she does anyone else. None of us can trust that our memories, our reasoning or our intentions guarantee the truth or goodness of what they produce. We need to check, verify and monitor.
ReadWhat is wisdom?
Cleverness by itself may be enough to get you a good career in philosophy but it is wisdom that gets you a legacy.
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