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How can we make sense of these gradations of moral responsibility when brains and their background influences are in every case, and to exactly the same degree, the real cause of a woman’s death?
Sam Harris • Free Will
with curiosity and compassion.
Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
One of the most well-known pro-choice arguments is known as the “Violinist” argument and was put forth by a philosopher named Judith Thomson. She argues that abortion is morally acceptable despite a fetus the right to life.
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Simon Carnell • Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
human belief systems are good at absorbing contradictions into their thinking.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Recognising the role of moral luck encourages empathy and humility, but it also threatens the notions of culpability that help us to make sense of evil.