R. W. K. Paterson Quote

The less familiar and more complex something is, the less we can rely on our immediate feelings, and the greater the risk of error in our ultimate moral judgements. … But equally the more remote or unusual some physical event, the less we can rely on our unaided senses. … The arguments which supposedly show that values are in some vitiating sense 'subjective' would also show that the physical world itself is essentially subjective.


p. 42. - The New Patricians (1998)


The less familiar and more complex something is, the less we can rely on our immediate feelings, and the greater the risk of error in our ultimate...

The less familiar and more complex something is, the less we can rely on our immediate feelings, and the greater the risk of error in our ultimate...

The less familiar and more complex something is, the less we can rely on our immediate feelings, and the greater the risk of error in our ultimate...

The less familiar and more complex something is, the less we can rely on our immediate feelings, and the greater the risk of error in our ultimate...