James Wilson on Real World Ethics
Philosophy Bites21 Sep 2019

James Wilson on Real World Ethics

Are thought experiments the best way of doing practical ethics? Not according to James Wilson. He thinks we need the rich detail of real cases or complex imaginary cases not a simplified version of reality to make sense of the moral problems we face.

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