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Feeling right and wrong

Julian Baggini · 15 Aug 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Total disregard for cultural appropriateness of food is wrong, but a right to the food of one's heritage is ridiculous.

    Their wordsWhat these extreme cases show is that while total disregard for the cultural appropriateness of food is wrong, the idea that everyone has a right to the food of their cultural heritage is ridiculous.

  2. Our reading

    People should have less of the courage of their convictions.

    Their wordsIn a world in which we are told to have the courage of our convictions, I wish we had less of it.

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