13 ideas
19695 | The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb] |
7855 | Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau] |
6120 | Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane] |
6121 | There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane] |
6122 | No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane] |
5078 | Kant and Mill both try to explain right and wrong, without a divine lawgiver [Taylor,R] |
5067 | Morality based on 'forbid', 'permit' and 'require' implies someone who does these things [Taylor,R] |
5079 | Pleasure can have a location, and be momentary, and come and go - but happiness can't [Taylor,R] |
5068 | 'Eudaimonia' means 'having a good demon', implying supreme good fortune [Taylor,R] |
5076 | To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function [Taylor,R] |
5077 | The modern idea of obligation seems to have lost the idea of an obligation 'to' something [Taylor,R] |
5066 | If we are made in God's image, pursuit of excellence is replaced by duty to obey God [Taylor,R] |
5065 | The ethics of duty requires a religious framework [Taylor,R] |