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Today is #WorldPhilosophyDay!
And to celebrate, I thought I’d make a BIG THREAD taking a little look at what philosophers have seen as the big questions relevant to philanthropy and what they have had to say about them….
And to celebrate, I thought I’d make a BIG THREAD taking a little look at what philosophers have seen as the big questions relevant to philanthropy and what they have had to say about them….
Qn 1: Is egoism (i.e. self-interest) or altruism (i.e. concern for others) fundamental to human nature?
In the red corner here we have Thomas Hobbes, arguing that we are all basically bastards. (I’m paraphrasing here, but it’s close enough):
In the red corner here we have Thomas Hobbes, arguing that we are all basically bastards. (I’m paraphrasing here, but it’s close enough):
And in the blue corner we have anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin, arguing that altruism and cooperation are more fundamental than egoism and competition and that we are basically all quite nice:
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."
- Heraclitus
- Heraclitus
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
- Socrates
- Socrates
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
- William James (#WorldPhilosophyDay 1/7)
- William James (#WorldPhilosophyDay 1/7)
"Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed."
- Judith Butler (#WorldPhilosophyDay 2/7)
- Judith Butler (#WorldPhilosophyDay 2/7)
