2019-12-31
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So if you looked at every philosopher that we've covered so far on the show,
it'd be very easy to describe the differences between each of their works.
But a much more difficult and illuminating question to ask is whether or not all the works of these very different philosophers have among them any root similarities.
Now, of course, you could say things like they all made some sort of contribution to human thought.
You could say they, they all used language to express their big ideas.
But another way to think about the answer to this question is to say
that every great philosopher in their own way questioned the fundamental assumptions that were present in the thinking of their time.
That is a hallmark of a great philosopher.
Because when seeking solutions to philosophical problems,
casting aside the cultural or linguistic assumptions of a particular snapshot in time,
very often leads philosophers of the next generation to understand how those assumptions have been limiting our ways of thinking about things.
The philosopher we're going to talk about today falls into this category.
And he's going to question an assumption that seemed to others as radical as it was dangerous.
His name was John Rawls.
And this was the assumption that he questioned.