20 ideas
14519 | It is a great good to show reverence for a wise man [Epicurus] |
14518 | In the study of philosophy, pleasure and knowledge arrive simultaneously [Epicurus] |
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
22462 | We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot] |
14524 | Bodies are combinations of shape, size, resistance and weight [Epicurus] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
14521 | If everything is by necessity, then even denials of necessity are by necessity [Epicurus] |
22460 | Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot] |
22458 | Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot] |
22461 | Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot] |
22464 | The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot] |
14522 | What happens to me if I obtain all my desires, and what if I fail? [Epicurus] |
3563 | Pleasure and virtue entail one another [Epicurus] |
3560 | Justice is merely a contract about not harming or being harmed [Epicurus] |
14517 | We value our own character, whatever it is, and we should respect the characters of others [Epicurus] |
14513 | Justice is a pledge of mutual protection [Epicurus] |
22463 | Morality is seen as tacit legislation by the community [Foot] |
22459 | For consequentialism, it is irrational to follow a rule which in this instance ends badly [Foot] |
14515 | A law is not just if it is not useful in mutual associations [Epicurus] |
14520 | It is small-minded to find many good reasons for suicide [Epicurus] |