Julian Baggini
British philosopher and writer, author of How the World Eats and How to Think Like a Philosopher, and founding editor of The Philosophers' Magazine.
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Their wordsI am squarely in the camp of changing how the system works, not overthrowing it.
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The problem is not the free market but market rules rigged for large corporations and the rich.
Their wordsThe problem is not that we have a free market economy, but that the rules of that market are rigged to benefit large corporations and the rich, not farmers, growers, workers and citizens.
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Their wordsWe underestimate the power of ad hoc, well-designed reforms.
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Their wordsBut until such knowledge comes, you should seek to reform rather than to abolish, lest what rises from the ruins is worse than the edifice torn down.
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Their wordsThe primary argument against him is not that he won’t succeed but that if he does, we will live in a darker world, one which is more xenophobic, more authoritarian, less free for women and anyone who is not heterosexual.
↗How open is your mind, really?julianbaggini.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIn other words, we need to take seriously the possibility that Trump is right in order to show why he is wrong.
↗How open is your mind, really?julianbaggini.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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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.
↗Feeling right and wrongjulianbaggini.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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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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