In short, my philosophical starting points are: “Right” and “wrong” are very real concepts which should possess great force. We should be skeptical about the powers of the individual human mind. Human life is complex and offers many different goods, not just one value that trumps all others.
The highlight here removes the context that this was a numbered list in the text:
1) “Right” and “wrong” are very real concepts which should possess great force.
2) We should be skeptical about the powers of the individual human mind.
3) Human life is complex and offers many different goods, not just one value that trumps all others.
From these starting points, he then says the question of choice is critical—questions for the individual as well as the collective. To understand the nuances here, he says we should consider 6 issues related to choice:
1) Time
2) Aggregation
3) Rules
4) Radical Uncertainty
5) How can we believe in rights?
6) Common sense morality.
Short descriptions of each of these are laid out below in my highlights.
