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Single Idea 4858
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
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Full Idea
He who lives under the guidance of reason, desires for others the good which he seeks for himself.
Gist of Idea
A rational person will want others to have the goods he seeks for himself
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], IV Pr 51)
Book Ref
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics, Improvement of Understanding, Letters', ed/tr. Elwes,R [Dover 1955], p.222
A Reaction
Obviously a very Kantian idea. It implies that all rational people desire similar goods, but it is rational to collect stamps but not want other people to do so as well. I don't think you should want what I want for Christmas.
The
22 ideas
with the same theme
[seeing rules for action as universal guidelines]:
23396
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Mozi condemns partiality, which is the cause of all the great harms in the world
[Mozi]
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23397
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Those who are against impartiality still prefer impartial protectors
[Mozi]
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6031
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The essence of propriety is consistency
[Cicero]
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4853
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Rational people are self-interested, but also desire the same goods for other people
[Spinoza]
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4858
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A rational person will want others to have the goods he seeks for himself
[Spinoza]
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8026
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Almost any precept can be consistently universalized
[MacIntyre on Kant]
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6185
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No one would lend money unless a universal law made it secure, even after death
[Kant]
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6187
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Universality determines the will, and hence extends self-love into altruism
[Kant]
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8029
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You can't have a morality which is supplied by the individual, but is also genuinely universal
[Hegel, by MacIntyre]
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20763
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When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else
[Sartre]
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2710
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Moral judgements must invoke some sort of principle
[Hare]
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22409
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We don't have a duty to ensure that others do their duty
[Williams,B]
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4122
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If the self becomes completely impartial, it no longer has enough identity to worry about its interests
[Williams,B]
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4121
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Why should I think of myself as both the legislator and the citizen who follows the laws?
[Williams,B]
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21051
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Check your rationality by thinking of your opinion pronounced by the supreme court
[Rawls]
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6446
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In ethics we abstract from our identity, but not from our humanity
[Nagel]
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3282
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The general form of moral reasoning is putting yourself in other people's shoes
[Nagel]
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3294
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As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view
[Nagel]
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3254
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If we can decide how to live after stepping outside of ourselves, we have the basis of a moral theory
[Nagel]
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3264
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We should see others' viewpoints, but not lose touch with our own values
[Nagel]
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4285
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As soon as we drop self-interest and judge impartially, we find ourselves agreeing about conflicts
[Scruton]
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15674
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One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation
[Finlayson]
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