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Ideas for Richard Cumberland, Harold Hodes and Berit Brogaard

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

6222	If a decision is in accord with right reason, everyone can agree with it [Cumberland]
	Full Idea: No decision can be in accord with right reason unless all can agree on it.
	From: Richard Cumberland (De Legibus Naturae [1672], Ch.V.XLVI)
	A reaction: Personally I think anyone who disagrees with this should get out of philosophy (and into sociology, fantasy fiction, ironic game-playing, crime…). Of course 'can' agree is not the same as 'will' agree. You must have faith that good reasons are persuasive.