38 ideas
7823 | Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling] |
22334 | Analysis must include definitions, search for simples, concept analysis, and Kant's analysis [Glock] |
6408 | Russell needed three extra axioms to reduce maths to logic: infinity, choice and reducibility [Grayling] |
22332 | German and British idealism is not about individual ideas, but the intelligibility of reality [Glock] |
6414 | Two propositions might seem self-evident, but contradict one another [Grayling] |
6685 | 'Subjectivism' is an extension of relativism from the social group to the individual [Graham] |
7091 | The argument from analogy is not a strong inference, since the other being might be an actor or a robot [Grayling] |
22336 | We might say that the family resemblance is just a consequence of meaning-as-use [Glock] |
22335 | The variety of uses of 'game' may be that it has several meanings, and isn't a single concept [Glock] |
7293 | It is legitimate to do harm if it is the unintended side-effect of an effort to achieve a good [Grayling] |
6699 | The chain of consequences may not be the same as the chain of responsibility [Graham] |
6698 | Negative consequences are very hard (and possibly impossible) to assess [Graham] |
6700 | We can't criticise people because of unforeseeable consequences [Graham] |
6704 | Egoism submits to desires, but cannot help form them [Graham] |
6701 | Rescue operations need spontaneous benevolence, not careful thought [Graham] |
7809 | In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling] |
6693 | 'What if everybody did that?' rather misses the point as an objection to cheating [Graham] |
6691 | It is more plausible to say people can choose between values, than that they can create them [Graham] |
6688 | Life is only absurd if you expected an explanation and none turns up [Graham] |
6705 | Existentialism may transcend our nature, unlike eudaimonism [Graham] |
6690 | A standard problem for existentialism is the 'sincere Nazi' [Graham] |
6689 | The key to existentialism: the way you make choices is more important than what you choose [Graham] |
23262 | Experience, sympathy and history are sensible grounds for laying claim to rights [Grayling] |
23263 | Politics is driven by power cliques [Grayling] |
23255 | It is essential for democracy that voting is free and well informed [Grayling] |
23254 | Democracies should require a supermajority for major questions [Grayling] |
23260 | A cap on time of service would restrict party control and career ambitions [Grayling] |
23253 | Majority decisions are only acceptable if the minority interests are not vital [Grayling] |
23256 | Liberty and equality cannot be reconciled [Grayling] |
23258 | The very concept of democracy entails a need for justice [Grayling] |
23259 | There should be separate legislative, executive and judicial institutions [Grayling] |
7292 | War must also have a good chance of success, and be waged with moderation [Grayling] |
7824 | If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling] |
6706 | The great religions are much more concerned with the religious life than with ethics [Graham] |
7819 | Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling] |
7817 | To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling] |
6709 | Western religion saves us from death; Eastern religion saves us from immortality [Graham] |
7818 | In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling] |