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2856 | Universal moral judgements imply the Golden Rule ('do as you would be done by') [Hooker,B] |
Full Idea: Prescriptivity is especially important if moral judgements are universalizable, for then we can employ golden rule-style reasoning ('do as you would be done by'). | |
From: Brad W. Hooker (Prescriptivism [1995], p.640) |
591 | Excellence is a sort of completion [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: Excellence is a sort of completion. | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1021b19) |
625 | Is excellence separate from things, or part of them, or both? [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: Does the universe possess goodness and excellence as something separated and by itself, or because of its arrangement? But why should it not be both ways? | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1075a14) |
621 | Contemplation is a supreme pleasure and excellence [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: Contemplation is a supreme pleasure and excellence. | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1072b22) |