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crack__head t1_j1s0a4h wrote

I think this is my first post in r/philosophy…

Anyhow, I’m just going to respond to the second example post. I’m currently The Stranger by Albert Camus and jumping in and out of Critique Of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, and I plan on starting Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis after I finish one of the other books I’m reading.

My favorite philosopher is Angela Davis, at least at this point in time — granted, I’m a philosophy novice. I was fortunate enough to have an incredible Ethics teacher last term, and I fell in love with all of the readings we did, especially Davis’s Are Prisons Obsolete (we only read a portion) and Kant’s Metaphysics Of Morals. I’m heavily considering adding a double major of philosophy to my economics major.

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bluntisimo t1_j1sc1ia wrote

at least you will be able to manage the little money you will earn.

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-Wonderer- t1_j1sdd48 wrote

The Stranger left me in disbelief. Enough to attempt a poem to summarize it. I don’t write. Wasn’t sure how to feel about Flowers for Algernon by the end of the book. Guess I’ll be adding your books to my list

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Capital_Net_6438 t1_j258qv9 wrote

Welcome to philosophy!! It’s wonderful spiritually even if not financially :-)

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senorDerp911 t1_j2dtbum wrote

As long as economics and finance are justified by human greed your considerations of helping other humans is worthless. Now you say cultivate but it seems that you will be imposing your reason for your own reward. That reward, perhaps could be nice words of recognition, perhaps a best economist of the year plaque, etc. Your own greed of wanting to help is nothing more than just another flavor of individual greed.

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