19 ideas
1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
4020 | The modern self has disengaged reason, self-exploration, and personal commitment [Taylor,C] |
4002 | My aim is to map the connections between our sense of self and our moral understanding [Taylor,C] |
4006 | I can only be aware of myself as a person who changes by means of my personal history [Taylor,C] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
4003 | Selfhood and moral values are inextricably intertwined [Taylor,C] |
1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
4021 | Willingness to risk life was the constitutive quality of the man of honour [Taylor,C] |
4005 | To have respect for people, you must feel their claims, or their injustices, or hold them in awe [Taylor,C] |
4004 | Consistency presupposes intrinsic description [Taylor,C] |
4010 | In later utilitarianism the modern stress on freedom leads to the rejection of paternalism [Taylor,C] |
21131 | Democracy is competition for support of the people, guided by self-interest on all sides [Posner] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |
4009 | Nominalists defended the sovereignty of God against the idea of natural existing good and evil [Taylor,C] |