25 ideas
21406 | Because there is only one human reason, there can only be one true philosophy from principles [Kant] |
17743 | De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki] |
21081 | We are equipped with the a priori intuitions needed for the concept of right [Kant] |
23814 | Every human yearns for an unattainable transcendent good [Weil] |
23824 | Where human needs are satisfied we find happiness, friendship and beauty [Weil] |
23815 | We cannot equally respect what is unequal, so equal respect needs a shared ground [Weil] |
23823 | Life needs risks to avoid sickly boredom [Weil] |
21082 | A power-based state of nature may not be unjust, but there is no justice without competent judges [Kant] |
23822 | We all need to partipate in public tasks, and take some initiative [Weil] |
21089 | Monarchs have the highest power; autocrats have complete power [Kant] |
21086 | Hereditary nobility has not been earned, and probably won't be earned [Kant] |
23817 | We need both equality (to attend to human needs) and hierarchy (as a scale of responsibilities) [Weil] |
21080 | Actions are right if the maxim respects universal mutual freedoms [Kant] |
21083 | Women have no role in politics [Kant] |
23819 | Deliberate public lying should be punished [Weil] |
23818 | We have liberty in the space between nature and accepted authority [Weil] |
21407 | Equality is not being bound in ways you cannot bind others [Kant] |
21084 | In the contract people lose their rights, but immediately regain them, in the new commonwealth [Kant] |
21090 | If someone has largely made something, then they own it [Kant] |
23820 | People need personal and collective property, and a social class lacking property is shameful [Weil] |
21087 | Human life is pointless without justice [Kant] |
21088 | Justice asserts the death penalty for murder, from a priori laws [Kant] |
23821 | Crime should be punished, to bring the perpetrator freely back to morality [Weil] |
21085 | The church has a political role, by offering a supreme power over people [Kant] |
23816 | Attention to a transcendent reality motivates a duty to foster the good of humanity [Weil] |