Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Chilo, Critolaus and Iris Murdoch

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24 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
22338 An unexamined life can be virtuous [Murdoch]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
22337 Philosophy must keep returning to the beginning [Murdoch]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
23563 Philosophy moves continually between elaborate theories and the obvious facts [Murdoch]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation
22591 We know perfection when we see what is imperfect [Murdoch]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art
22709 We should first decide what are the great works of art, with aesthetic theory following from that [Murdoch]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature
22341 Literature is the most important aspect of culture, because it teaches understanding of living [Murdoch]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
22715 Great art proves the absurdity of art for art's sake [Murdoch]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
22712 Art and morals are essentially the same, and are both identical with love [Murdoch]
22347 Appreciating beauty in art or nature opens up the good life, by restricting selfishness [Murdoch]
22714 Because art is love, it improves us morally [Murdoch]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
22348 Ordinary human love is good evidence of transcendent goodness [Murdoch]
22339 Love is a central concept in morals [Murdoch]
22713 Love is realising something other than oneself is real [Murdoch]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
5996 Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
22343 If I attend properly I will have no choices [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue
22349 Art trains us in the love of virtue [Murdoch]
22340 It is hard to learn goodness from others, because their virtues are part of their personal history [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
22350 Only trivial virtues can be possessed on their own [Murdoch]
22346 Moral reflection and experience gradually reveals unity in the moral world [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
3015 The virtue of man is thoughtful foresight of future events [Chilo, by Diog. Laertius]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
20765 Man is a brave naked will, separate from a background of values and realities [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action
22342 Kantian existentialists care greatly for reasons for action, whereas Surrealists care nothing [Murdoch]
22351 Only a philosopher might think choices create values [Murdoch]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
22345 Moral philosophy needs a central concept with all the traditional attributes of God [Murdoch]