24 ideas
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
4020 | The modern self has disengaged reason, self-exploration, and personal commitment [Taylor,C] |
4002 | My aim is to map the connections between our sense of self and our moral understanding [Taylor,C] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
4006 | I can only be aware of myself as a person who changes by means of my personal history [Taylor,C] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
4003 | Selfhood and moral values are inextricably intertwined [Taylor,C] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
4021 | Willingness to risk life was the constitutive quality of the man of honour [Taylor,C] |
4005 | To have respect for people, you must feel their claims, or their injustices, or hold them in awe [Taylor,C] |
4004 | Consistency presupposes intrinsic description [Taylor,C] |
4010 | In later utilitarianism the modern stress on freedom leads to the rejection of paternalism [Taylor,C] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
22809 | The social contract sees society as constituted by and for individuals [Taylor,C] |
22811 | Assigning a right based on a human capacity implies that the capacity should be developed [Taylor,C] |
22815 | If freedom depends on society and culture, the greatest freedom is in shaping them [Taylor,C] |
22814 | Our reliance on other people close to us does not imply any political obligations [Taylor,C] |
22812 | For most people the primacy of rights mainly concerns freedom [Taylor,C] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |
22810 | A right is not just a rule, but also asserts certain ideas of moral worth [Taylor,C] |
22813 | Property is not essential for life, but it may be essential for independence [Taylor,C] |
23417 | If the state is neutral, there won't be sufficient community to support a welfare state [Taylor,C, by Kymlicka] |
4009 | Nominalists defended the sovereignty of God against the idea of natural existing good and evil [Taylor,C] |