29 ideas
| 1749 | If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder] |
| 3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
| 18648 | Freedom to live according to our own conception of the good is the ultimate value [Nozick, by Kymlicka] |
| 5835 | The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon] |
| 1751 | Pleasure is the good, because we always seek it, it satisfies us, and its opposite is the most avoidable thing [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 3018 | People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 20585 | If an experience machine gives you any experience you want, should you hook up for life? [Nozick] |
| 23262 | Experience, sympathy and history are sensible grounds for laying claim to rights [Grayling] |
| 18643 | A minimal state should protect, but a state forcing us to do more is unjustified [Nozick] |
| 23263 | Politics is driven by power cliques [Grayling] |
| 18642 | Individual rights are so strong that the state and its officials must be very limited in power [Nozick] |
| 23254 | Democracies should require a supermajority for major questions [Grayling] |
| 23255 | It is essential for democracy that voting is free and well informed [Grayling] |
| 23260 | A cap on time of service would restrict party control and career ambitions [Grayling] |
| 23253 | Majority decisions are only acceptable if the minority interests are not vital [Grayling] |
| 18644 | States can't enforce mutual aid on citizens, or interfere for their own good [Nozick] |
| 22661 | My Anarchy, State and Utopia neglected our formal social ties and concerns [Nozick on Nozick] |
| 18641 | If people hold things legitimately, just distribution is simply the result of free exchanges [Nozick, by Kymlicka] |
| 23256 | Liberty and equality cannot be reconciled [Grayling] |
| 20521 | Can I come to own the sea, by mixing my private tomato juice with it? [Nozick] |
| 20539 | Property is legitimate by initial acquisition, voluntary transfer, or rectification of injustice [Nozick, by Swift] |
| 18645 | Nozick assumes initial holdings include property rights, but we can challenge that [Kymlicka on Nozick] |
| 18646 | How did the private property get started? If violence was involved, we can redistribute it [Kymlicka on Nozick] |
| 18647 | If property is only initially acquired by denying the rights of others, Nozick can't get started [Kymlicka on Nozick] |
| 21737 | Unowned things may be permanently acquired, if it doesn't worsen the position of other people [Nozick] |
| 21738 | Maybe land was originally collectively owned, rather than unowned? [Cohen,GA on Nozick] |
| 23258 | The very concept of democracy entails a need for justice [Grayling] |
| 23259 | There should be separate legislative, executive and judicial institutions [Grayling] |
| 1755 | Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |