“In recent philosophy there has been a growing awareness of the gap between the abstract principles proposed by philosophers and the ways in which people actually think. The kind of rationality admired in the theory of knowledge is idealization. In the real world people have to act on beliefs often based on fragmentary and unreliable evidence.” MoralityBeliefsRationalityPractical EthicsPhilosophyso Book:Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century Source: Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
“But he still thought it self-evident that one had to do what was right; he had never learned how people could want to do otherwise; he had learned only that they did.” Atlas ShruggedPhilosophyso Book:Atlas Shrugged Source: Atlas Shrugged