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Hume’s “true judges” are simply people with leisure, and Bourdieu showed it
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Beauty & artContinentalModern EuropeanDavid HumeImmanuel Kant#class#cultural-capital#distinction#standard-of-taste
5 repliesA firm that closes a site owes its workers more than the law requires
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Economy & workMedieval ChristianModern European#catholic-social-teaching#obligations-to-workers#plant-closure#stakeholders
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