Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Richard Cumberland, F.R. Tennant and Beth Lord

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

21855

Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

6222	If a decision is in accord with right reason, everyone can agree with it [Cumberland]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

21866

Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics

6217	Natural law is supplied to the human mind by reality and human nature [Cumberland]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

6221	If there are different ultimate goods, there will be conflicting good actions, which is impossible [Cumberland]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

6218	The happiness of individuals is linked to the happiness of everyone (which is individuals taken together) [Cumberland]

6220	The happiness of all contains the happiness of each, and promotes it [Cumberland]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law

6216	Natural law is immutable truth giving moral truths and duties independent of society [Cumberland]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof

1451	Design is seen in the way ideas match the world, in the mechanisms of evolution, and in values [Tennant,FR, by PG]