Arguments can always be answered. Moral philosophy, unlike straight moralizing, arises from and trives on plurality of values. (Mary Midgley)

Arguments can always be answered. Moral philosophy, unlike straight moralizing, arises from and trives on plurality of values.

Mary Midgley

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