The good is independent of our perspectives on it, but it is not the same for all. It is not just that different ways of life honour different goods and virtues. More, what one way of life praises another condemns. Value-pluralism is the claim that both may be right. This claim is paradoxical. It seems to imply a tolerance of contradiction that classical logic prohibits. There is paradox here, but not — or so I shall argue — of the kind that should concern us. It may be that the good cannot contain contradictions; but it shows itself in ways of life that are incompatible. -John Gray
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:59:52 +0000
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