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Full Idea
If two men are in violent disagreement about good and evil, it is hard to believe that both of them are blindly subject to the opinion of the society around them.
Gist of Idea
In a violent moral disagreement, it can't be that both sides are just following social morality
Source
Simone Weil (Is There a Marxist Doctrine? [1943], p.171)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.171
A Reaction
What a beautifully simple observation. Simone would have become a major figure if she had lived longer. No philosopher has ever written better prose.
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| 23878 | Weakness of will is the inadequacy of the original impetus to carry through the action [Weil] |
| 23879 | In a violent moral disagreement, it can't be that both sides are just following social morality [Weil] |
| 23880 | When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war [Weil] |