Quotes from Scott Hershovitz

I think Whites are in a similar spot. It doesn't matter whether we personally participated in segregation, protested against it, or weren't even born when it happened. We can't wash our hands of it just because we aren't responsible. We should take responsibility. Why? There's an old common law formula: Qui sentit commodum, sentire debet et onus. It means: He who enjoys the benefit ought also to bear the burden.

Philosophy should address every aspect of our lives — the sacred, the profane, and even the mundane.

But she suspects that some people's courage stems from the fact that they attach little importance to themselves—and great importance to others. They see themselves as the cosmos might—small to the point of insignificant. But they let others loom large.

If we treat people inhumanely, we should never be surprised when they return the favor.