25 ideas
22864 | Philosophy is the study and criticsm of cultural beliefs, to achieve new possibilities [Dewey] |
21406 | Because there is only one human reason, there can only be one true philosophy from principles [Kant] |
22873 | Liberalism should improve the system, and not just ameliorate it [Dewey] |
22869 | Knowledge is either the product of competent enquiry, or it is meaningless [Dewey] |
22867 | The quest for certainty aims for peace, and avoidance of the stress of action [Dewey] |
22870 | No belief can be so settled that it is not subject to further inquiry [Dewey] |
21081 | We are equipped with the a priori intuitions needed for the concept of right [Kant] |
22866 | Mind is never isolated, but only exists in its interactions [Dewey] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
21082 | A power-based state of nature may not be unjust, but there is no justice without competent judges [Kant] |
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] |
22872 | Liberals aim to allow individuals to realise their capacities [Dewey] |
21080 | Actions are right if the maxim respects universal mutual freedoms [Kant] |
22880 | The things in civilisation we prize are the products of other members of our community [Dewey] |
21083 | Women have no role in politics [Kant] |
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] |
21087 | Human life is pointless without justice [Kant] |
21088 | Justice asserts the death penalty for murder, from a priori laws [Kant] |
21085 | The church has a political role, by offering a supreme power over people [Kant] |
22879 | 'God' is an imaginative unity of ideal values [Dewey] |
22877 | We should try attaching the intensity of religious devotion to intelligent social action [Dewey] |
22878 | Religions are so shockingly diverse that they have no common element [Dewey] |