10 ideas
16541 | All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza] |
13073 | To understand the properties we must know the essence, as with a circle [Spinoza] |
9264 | Persons are distinguished by a capacity for second-order desires [Frankfurt] |
9266 | A person essentially has second-order volitions, and not just second-order desires [Frankfurt] |
9267 | Free will is the capacity to choose what sort of will you have [Frankfurt] |
9265 | The will is the effective desire which actually leads to an action [Frankfurt] |
20015 | Freedom of action needs the agent to identify with their reason for acting [Frankfurt, by Wilson/Schpall] |
9270 | A 'wanton' is not a person, because they lack second-order volitions [Frankfurt] |
9269 | A person may be morally responsible without free will [Frankfurt] |
22251 | Liberalism may fail because it neglects the shared nature of what we pursue and protect [Haldane] |