https://www.scmp.com/rss/520113/feed Herman Cappelen is chair professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong and director of the AI & Humanity Lab. Professor Cappelen holds a BA from the University of Oxford and a PhD in philosophy from UC Berkeley. He is the author of 13 books and over 60 academic papers. Before joining HKU, he was associate professor at the University of Oxford, a professor at the University of St. Andrews, and a professor at the University of Oslo. His academic webpage is hermancappelen.net en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Political hypocrisy is a contradiction between a state’s professed ideals and actual practices – an inconsistency that undermines the coherence of its professed moral and political views. As philosophers, we would say that, at its core, hypocrisy violates the principle of non-contradiction: if you simultaneously hold and act against a particular value, you engage in a form of self-defeating reasoning. The hypocritical agent is thereby legitimately seen as immoral, deceptive and lacking in... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3286374/west-cant-have-it-both-ways-overcapacity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3286374/west-cant-have-it-both-ways-overcapacity?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:30:10 +0000