16 ideas
6840 | Derrida came to believe in the undeconstructability of justice, which cannot be relativised [Derrida, by Critchley] |
1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
5637 | Nowadays logic is seen as the science of extensions, not intensions [Scruton] |
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)] |
5636 | Cartesian 'ideas' confuse concepts and propositions [Scruton] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
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)] |
21936 | A community must consist of singular persons, with nothing in common [Derrida, by Glendinning] |
21937 | Can there be democratic friendship without us all becoming identical? [Derrida, by Glendinning] |
5660 | Allegiance is prior to the recognition of individual rights [Scruton] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
5653 | A right is a power which is enforced in the name of justice [Scruton] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |