21 ideas
22496 | Wisdom only implies the knowledge achievable in any normal lifetime [Foot] |
3067 | A philosopher should have principles ready for understanding, like a surgeon with instruments [Aurelius] |
3072 | Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius] |
23694 | All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will [Foot] |
23686 | Moral reason is not just neutral, because morality is part of the standard of rationality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
23693 | Practical rationality must weigh both what is morally and what is non-morally required [Foot] |
23687 | Moral virtues arise from human nature, as part of what makes us good human beings [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
3066 | Nothing is evil which is according to nature [Aurelius] |
22493 | Sterility is a human defect, but the choice to be childless is not [Foot] |
22492 | Virtues are as necessary to humans as stings are to bees [Foot] |
22491 | Moral evaluations are not separate from facts, but concern particular facts about functioning [Foot] |
22497 | Deep happiness usually comes from the basic things in life [Foot] |
22498 | Happiness is enjoying the pursuit and attainment of right ends [Foot] |
3071 | Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius] |
23695 | Good actions can never be justified by the good they brings to their agent [Foot] |
22499 | We all know that just pretending to be someone's friend is not the good life [Foot] |
3069 | The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's [Aurelius] |
22495 | Someone is a good person because of their rational will, not their body or memory [Foot] |
22230 | Sartre gradually realised that freedom is curtailed by the weight of situation [Sartre, by Daigle] |
22502 | Refraining from murder is not made good by authenticity or self-fulfilment [Foot] |
3065 | Humans are naturally made for co-operation [Aurelius] |