Upon the death of one philosopher, this man wrote an essay about that philosopher's opinions on affirmative action, although this philosopher admitted John Rawls had never actually written about it.
Upon the death of one philosopher, this man wrote an essay about that philosopher's opinions on affirmative action, although this philosopher admitted John Rawls had never actually written about it. This man included the chapter "Why We Can't Understand Thought from the Outside" in his book The Last Word. This philosopher identifies causal, constitutive, resultant, and circumstantial varieties of the title phenomenon in one essay, which defines it as "when something someone does is beyond his control, yet we still hold him up to (*) moral judgment." This author of "Moral Luck"'s most famous work begins "Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable," and that essay singles out the conscious experience of mammals. For 10 points, name this NYU-based philosopher best known for his influential critique of reductionism in "What Is it Like to Be a Bat?"
Upon the death of one philosopher, this man wrote an essay about that philosopher's opinions on affirmative action, although this philosopher admitted John Rawls had never actually written about it.
Thomas Nagel