Professor of Philosophy and Black Male Studies Tommy Curry discusses why the notion of universal values is actually a (convenient) myth.
Do you agree? What would a world without universal values look like?
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We tend to think that morality has nothing to do with our individual circumstances or desires. That universal values apply to everyone equally. Join challenging and controversial philosopher Tommy J. Curry as he makes the case that universal values are a fantasy, a myth created by those with power.
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Tommy Curry is a philosophy professor at Edinburgh University where he holds a Personal Chair in Africana Philosophy and Black Male studies. His research focuses on Africana Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Anti-Colonialism, Black Male Studies, and Public Health.
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00:00 Introduction
00:19 What we mean by moral ideals
02:00 The lens of analytic philosophy
04:33 What is ‘humanity’?
08:14 Universality is rhetoric
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