9 ideas
22518 | The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle] |
16566 | Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle] |
22410 | Maybe the unthinkable is a moral category, and considering some options is dishonourable or absurd [Williams,B] |
22408 | Consequentialism assumes that situations can be compared [Williams,B] |
22411 | For a consequentialist massacring 7 million must be better than massacring 7 million and one [Williams,B] |
22439 | There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant] |
22440 | Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant] |
22409 | We don't have a duty to ensure that others do their duty [Williams,B] |
22407 | Utilitarianism cannot make any serious sense of integrity [Williams,B] |