Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, John Stuart Mill and John Kekes
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
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Liberty arises at the point where people can freely and equally discuss things [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
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Mill defends freedom as increasing happiness, but maybe it is an intrinsic good [Wolff,J on Mill]
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Utilitarianism values liberty, but guides us on which ones we should have or not have [Mill, by Wolff,J]
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True freedom is pursuing our own good, while not impeding others [Mill]
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Restraint for its own sake is an evil [Mill]
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Individuals are not accountable for actions which only concern themselves [Mill]
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Blocking entry to an unsafe bridge does not infringe liberty, since no one wants unsafe bridges [Mill]
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Pimping and running a gambling-house are on the border between toleration and restraint [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
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To rectify the undeserved equality, we should give men longer and women shorter lives [Kekes]
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It is just a fact that some people are morally better than others [Kekes]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
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The problem is basic insufficiency of resources, not their inequality [Kekes]
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Equal distribution is no good in a shortage, because there might be no one satisfied [Kekes]
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It is not deplorable that billionaires have more than millionaires [Kekes]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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A right is a valid claim to society's protection [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
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Justice combines consistency and desert; treat likes alike, judging likeness by desert [Kekes]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / a. Right to punish
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Society can punish actions which it believes to be prejudicial to others [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 3. Welfare provision
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Liberal welfare focuses on need rather than desert [Kekes]
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Benefits performed by individuals, not by government, help also to educate them [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
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We need individual opinions and conduct, and State education is a means to prevent that [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
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It is a crime to create a being who lacks the ordinary chances of a desirable existence [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality
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Sexual morality doesn't require monogamy, but it needs a group of sensible regulations [Kekes]
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