Science and ethics both stem from the same Western choice about truth and justice

Evidence

From this point of view, the right to decide what is true is not independent of the right to decide what is just, even if the statements consigned to these two authorities differ in nature. The point is that there is a strict interlinkage between the kind of language called science and the kind called ethics and politics: they both stem from the same perspective, the same “choice” if you will—the choice called the Occident. — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 130

Categorization

• XREF: Foreshadows the metanarrative thesis — both science and justice are grounded in the same Western grand narrative — which Jameson critiques. — connects to: German idealism legitimated knowledge by unifying truth and justice in a single subject — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 268; Intelligence and philosophy have justified extermination as well as equality — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 107; Philosophy and intelligence justify both egalitarian and exterminationist positions (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• German idealism legitimated knowledge by unifying truth and justice in a single subject #expands (0.82) — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 268
• Modern Western science displaced metaphysics and religion as the supreme authority over knowledge #expands (0.80) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 290
• Intelligence and philosophy have justified extermination as well as equality #exemplifies (0.75) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 107
• Philosophy and intelligence justify both egalitarian and exterminationist positions #exemplifies (0.75)