Thomas Nagel

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Philosopher · American · 1937

American philosopher (born 1937)

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“I believe that the general form of moral reasoning is to put yourself in other people's shoes. This leads to an impersonal concern for them corresponding to the impersonal concern for yourself that...”
— Thomas Nagel

“I do not believe that the source of value is unitary — displaying apparent multiplicity only in its application to the world. I believe that value has fundamentally different kinds of sources, and ...”
— Thomas Nagel

“Human beings are subject to moral and other motivational claims of very different kinds. This is because they are complex creatures who can view the world from many perspectives — individual, relat...”
— Thomas Nagel

“To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single theory of how to decide what to believe.”
— Thomas Nagel