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Why main character syndrome is philosophically dangerous | Aeon Essays

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is an associate professor of philosophy at Brooklyn College in New York. She teaches and writes in the areas of feminist bioethics, neuroethics, social and political philosophy, and moral psychology. She is currently a co-editor of a book about the ethical, social, psychological and political implications of the Barbie phenomenon, as well as a book addressing migration and healthcare. Edited byPam Weintraub Driving on one of New York’s poorly maintained and crowded roads, I found myself in a situation one can more safely observe through numerous YouTube ‘bad driver’ videos: a driver for whom all other traffic apparently ceased to exist confidently pulled into a lane I already happened to occupy. After a quick manoeuvre that probably spared me a role in one of the aforementioned videos, I said, perhaps louder than was necessary, to nobody in particular: ‘Is this [deleted] aware of anything but his own [deleted]?’ Because I am a philosopher, and thus tend to be rather bad at letting go o

Driving on one of New York’s poorly maintained and crowded roads, I found myself in a situation one can more safely observe through numerous YouTube ‘bad driver’ videos: a driver for whom all other traffic apparently ceased to exist confidently pulled into a lane I already happened to occupy. After a quick manoeuvre that probably spared me a role in one of the aforementioned videos, I said, perhaps louder than was necessary, to nobody in particular: ‘Is this [deleted] aware of anything but his own [deleted]?’ Because I am a philosopher, and thus tend to be rather bad at letting go of ideas…

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