30 ideas
21513 | We can no more expect a precise definition of coherence than we can of the moral ideal [Ewing] |
21497 | If undetailed, 'coherence' is just a vague words that covers all possible arguments [Ewing] |
3772 | The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire [Mill] |
23814 | Every human yearns for an unattainable transcendent good [Weil] |
3769 | With early training, any absurdity or evil may be given the power of conscience [Mill] |
23824 | Where human needs are satisfied we find happiness, friendship and beauty [Weil] |
3767 | Motive shows the worth of the agent, but not of the action [Mill] |
3771 | Virtues only have value because they achieve some further end [Mill] |
23815 | We cannot equally respect what is unequal, so equal respect needs a shared ground [Weil] |
3768 | Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory [Mill] |
7202 | The English believe in the task of annihilating evil for the victory of good [Nietzsche on Mill] |
5935 | Mill's qualities of pleasure is an admission that there are other good states of mind than pleasure [Ross on Mill] |
3764 | Actions are right if they promote pleasure, wrong if they promote pain [Mill] |
3776 | Utilitarianism only works if everybody has a totally equal right to happiness [Mill] |
3765 | Only pleasure and freedom from pain are desirable as ends [Mill] |
3763 | Ultimate goods such as pleasure can never be proved to be good [Mill] |
3766 | Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied [Mill] |
3770 | General happiness is only desirable because individuals desire their own happiness [Mill] |
6697 | Moral rules protecting human welfare are more vital than local maxims [Mill] |
23823 | Life needs risks to avoid sickly boredom [Weil] |
3773 | No individual has the right to receive our benevolence [Mill] |
3774 | Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence [Mill] |
23822 | We all need to partipate in public tasks, and take some initiative [Weil] |
23817 | We need both equality (to attend to human needs) and hierarchy (as a scale of responsibilities) [Weil] |
23819 | Deliberate public lying should be punished [Weil] |
23818 | We have liberty in the space between nature and accepted authority [Weil] |
3775 | A right is a valid claim to society's protection [Mill] |
23820 | People need personal and collective property, and a social class lacking property is shameful [Weil] |
23821 | Crime should be punished, to bring the perpetrator freely back to morality [Weil] |
23816 | Attention to a transcendent reality motivates a duty to foster the good of humanity [Weil] |