Combining Philosophers
Ideas for John Charvet, Metrodorus (Chi) and H.L.A. Hart
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23 ideas
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
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Allowing defamatory speech is against society's interests, by blurring which people are trustworthy [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
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The value of liberty allows freedom of action, even if that distresses other people [Hart,HLA]
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'Freedom from' is an empty idea, if the freedom is not from impediments to my desires [Charvet]
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Positive freedom can lead to coercion, if you are forced to do what you chose to do [Charvet]
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First level autonomy is application of personal values; second level is criticising them [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
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Mere equality, as in two trees being the same height, has no value at all [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
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Inequalities are worse if they seem to be your fault, rather than social facts [Charvet]
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Money allows unlimited inequalities, and we obviously all agree to money [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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Hart (against Bentham) says human rights are what motivate legal rights [Hart,HLA, by Sen]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system
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The principle of legality requires crimes to be precisely defined in advance of any action [Hart,HLA]
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Some private moral issues are no concern of the law [Hart,HLA]
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Do morals influence law? Is morality an aspect of law? Can law be morally criticised? [Hart,HLA]
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Is the enforcement of morality morally justifiable? [Hart,HLA]
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Modern law still suppresses practices seen as immoral, and yet harmless [Hart,HLA]
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Positive law needs secondary 'rules of recognition' for their correct application [Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / b. Rule of law
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The rule of law mainly benefits those with property and liberties [Charvet]
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The rule of law is mainly to restrict governments [Charvet]
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The 1689 Bill of Rights denied the monarch new courts, or the right to sit as judge [Charvet]
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From 1701 only parliament could remove judges, whose decisions could not be discussed [Charvet]
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Justice superior to the rule of law is claimed on behalf of the workers, or the will of the nation [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / d. Legal positivism
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Hart replaced positivism with the democratic requirement of the people's acceptance [Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime
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Moral wickedness of an offence is always relevant to the degree of punishment [Hart,HLA]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 3. Welfare provision
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Welfare is needed if citizens are to accept the obligations of a liberal state [Charvet]
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