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The widening circle

Peter Singer's idea that much of moral history is the circle of those whose good counts growing wider - the end of slavery, votes for women, human rights, children's rights - pushed by reasons and empathy.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can give steps in the widening circle and say what pushed them.

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Depths of understanding

  1. 1

    Foundation

    You can give steps in the widening circle and say what pushed them.

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    Treating like cases alikeAsking "what is the difference?" is what widened the circle.RightsHuman rights are one step in the circle's growth.

Your path here

What's still between you and The widening circle, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13What science can't answerDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14Moral questionsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  15. 15Moral reasoningDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  16. 16Treating like cases alikeDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  17. 17Harm and consentDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  18. 18ConsequencesDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  19. 19Ends and meansDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  20. 20DutyDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  21. 21People are not toolsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  22. 22RightsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  23. 23The widening circleDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics

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