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This reads as a defense of a simple ethical standard, one that should apply to everyone rather than depend on privilege or power. It can be taken to mean that moral fairness does not need a grand theory to justify it, only a basic commitment to consistency. It lands in debates about law, rights, or hypocrisy, where double standards are the real target.
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About Noam Chomsky
American intellectual, philosopher and linguist
Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. He is widely known for his work in modern linguistics, and is sometimes called the father of that field. He has also played a major role in analytic philosophy and is regarded as one of the founders of cognitive science. Chomsky has held academic posts at the University of Arizona and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is institute professor emeritus. His work spans language, philosophy, politics, and social criticism, and his writing often reflects those wide-ranging interests.
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Books by Noam Chomsky
The fateful triangle
1999
Failed States
2007
Power and Terror
2011
Cartesian linguistics
2003
Pirates & emperors
2003