By: RachelM,
on 9/13/2015
Imagine that, on a Tuesday night, shortly before going to bed one night, your roommate says “I promise to only utter truths tomorrow.” The next day, your roommate spends the entire day uttering unproblematic truths like: 1 + 1 = 2.
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By: Amelia Carruthers,
on 7/25/2015
William Godwin did not philosophically address the question of debt obligations, although he often had many. Perhaps this helps to explain the omission. It’s very likely that Godwin would deny that there is such a thing as the obligation to repay debts, and his creditors wouldn’t have liked that.
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5stars Gary only wants one thing – his father’s attention, if for only today’s father-son baseball game. Dad goes to work, promising to make up for missing the game. Gary does not want a future promise; he wants his dad to be there as all the other kids’ dads will be. Gary goes to the [...]
