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Our world is full of moral problems. All over the earth people are oppressing, taking up arms against, torturing and murdering each other. Viewed globally, the strong are also the rich and the weak are the poor — and the differences are contantly increasing. Moreover, the strong are strong because the weak are weak. We are strong by virtue of exploitation.
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© 1992 Niels Thomassen
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Thomassen, N. (1992). Ethics and Experience. In: Communicative Ethics in Theory and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22162-2_1
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