24 ideas
21122 | Liberal Nationalism says welfare states and democracy needed a shared sense of nationality [Shorten] |
21136 | Utilitarians conflate acts and omissions; causing to drown and failing to save are the same [Shorten] |
5845 | Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon] |
21135 | There are eight different ways in which groups of people can be oppressed [Shorten, by PG] |
21118 | Constitutional Patriotism unites around political values (rather than national identity) [Shorten] |
7257 | All modern social systems seem to be conspiracies of the rich [More,T] |
21129 | Democracy is a method of selection, or it involves participation, or it concerns public discussion [Shorten] |
21130 | Some say democracy is intrinsically valuable, others that it delivers good outcomes [Shorten] |
7254 | If you try to get elected, you should be permanently barred from seeking office [More,T] |
21126 | Representative should be either obedient, or sensible, or typical [Shorten] |
21128 | There is 'mirror representation' when the institution statistically reflects the population [Shorten] |
21127 | In a changed situation a Mandated Representative can't keep promises and fight for constituents [Shorten] |
21117 | Liberal citizens have a moral requirement to respect freedom and equality [Shorten] |
21134 | Maybe the rational autonomous liberal individual is merely the result of domination [Shorten] |
21113 | Liberal equality concerns rights, and liberal freedom concerns choice of ends [Shorten] |
21121 | Liberal Nationalism encourages the promotion of nationalistic values [Shorten] |
21115 | Liberalism should not make assumptions such as the value of choosing your own life plan [Shorten] |
21114 | Liberals treat individuals as mutual strangers, rather than as social beings [Shorten] |
21123 | Liberal Nationalism is more communitarian, and Constitutional Patriotism more cosmopolitan [Shorten] |
7255 | Only Utopians fail to see glory in warfare [More,T] |
21124 | Religious toleration has been institutionalised by the separation of church and state [Shorten] |
5833 | Education is the greatest of human goods [Xenophon] |
7253 | In Utopia, legal euthanasia is considered honourable [More,T] |
7256 | In Utopia, the Supreme Being is identical with Nature [More,T] |