22 ideas
1749 | If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder] |
6627 | Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe] |
6685 | 'Subjectivism' is an extension of relativism from the social group to the individual [Graham] |
4765 | Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel] |
6699 | The chain of consequences may not be the same as the chain of responsibility [Graham] |
3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
6698 | Negative consequences are very hard (and possibly impossible) to assess [Graham] |
6700 | We can't criticise people because of unforeseeable consequences [Graham] |
5835 | The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon] |
6704 | Egoism submits to desires, but cannot help form them [Graham] |
3018 | People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
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] |
6701 | Rescue operations need spontaneous benevolence, not careful thought [Graham] |
6693 | 'What if everybody did that?' rather misses the point as an objection to cheating [Graham] |
6691 | It is more plausible to say people can choose between values, than that they can create them [Graham] |
6688 | Life is only absurd if you expected an explanation and none turns up [Graham] |
6705 | Existentialism may transcend our nature, unlike eudaimonism [Graham] |
6690 | A standard problem for existentialism is the 'sincere Nazi' [Graham] |
6689 | The key to existentialism: the way you make choices is more important than what you choose [Graham] |
1755 | Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
6706 | The great religions are much more concerned with the religious life than with ethics [Graham] |
6709 | Western religion saves us from death; Eastern religion saves us from immortality [Graham] |