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A Wild West of the mind / George Sher.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sher, George, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Thought and thinking--Moral and ethical aspects.
Thought and thinking.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (144 pages).
Place of Publication:
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Summary:
This text addresses two main topics - first, the morality of thought and, second, what's involved in having a free mind. It connects these topics by arguing that to have a free mind, a person must be willing to follow his thoughts wherever they lead, and that this just isn't possible if the person thinks that some thoughts are morally off limits. The book defends the unpopular position that it is not morally wrong to have even the nastiest of attitudes, the most biased of beliefs, or the vilest of fantasies.
Notes:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-756469-0
0-19-756470-4
0-19-756468-2
OCLC:
1235905633

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