12 ideas
20350 | Metaphysics generalises the data, to get at the ontology [Richardson] |
20349 | Metaphysics aims at the essence of things, and a system to show how this explains other truths [Richardson] |
20351 | Metaphysics needs systems, because analysis just obsesses over details [Richardson] |
6222 | If a decision is in accord with right reason, everyone can agree with it [Cumberland] |
19347 | Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins] |
6217 | Natural law is supplied to the human mind by reality and human nature [Cumberland] |
6221 | If there are different ultimate goods, there will be conflicting good actions, which is impossible [Cumberland] |
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] |
20356 | Humans dominate because, unlike other animals, they have a synthesis of conflicting drives [Richardson] |
6216 | Natural law is immutable truth giving moral truths and duties independent of society [Cumberland] |
20366 | A mind that could see cause and effect as a continuum would deny cause and effect [Richardson] |