Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hugo Grotius, David Hume and Graham Farmelo
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason
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For Hume, practical reason has little force, because we can always modify our desires [Hume, by Graham]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
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Reason alone can never be a motive to any action of the will [Hume]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions
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Praise and blame can only be given if an action proceeds from a person's character and disposition [Hume]
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You can only hold people responsible for actions which arise out of their character [Hume]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / a. Dilemmas
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Moral questions can only be decided by common opinion [Hume]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / c. Omissions
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Nations are not obliged to help one-another, but are obliged not to harm one another [Grotius, by Tuck]
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