Ideas of Ralph Cudworth, by Theme
[English, 1617 - 1688, Taught at Cambridge University.]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / c. Tabula rasa
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If the soul were a tabula rasa, with no innate ideas, there could be no moral goodness or justice
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique
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Senses cannot judge one another, so what judges senses cannot be a sense, but must be superior
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique
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Sense is fixed in the material form, and so can't grasp abstract universals
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value
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Keeping promises and contracts is an obligation of natural justice
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
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There is a self-determing power in each person, which makes them what they are
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law
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Obligation to obey all positive laws is older than all laws
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions
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An omnipotent will cannot make two things equal or alike if they aren't
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality
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If the will and pleasure of God controls justice, then anything wicked or unjust would become good if God commanded it
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The requirement that God must be obeyed must precede any authority of God's commands
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