16 ideas
| 3546 | 'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence [Annas] |
| 6479 | Noninterference requires justification as much as interference does [Nagel] |
| 468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
| 6450 | Morality must be motivating, and not because of pre-moral motives [Nagel] |
| 3547 | Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development [Annas] |
| 3543 | Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness [Annas] |
| 6447 | Game theory misses out the motivation arising from the impersonal standpoint [Nagel] |
| 3541 | Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives [Annas] |
| 3550 | Principles cover life as a whole, where rules just cover actions [Annas] |
| 3551 | Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character [Annas] |
| 6446 | In ethics we abstract from our identity, but not from our humanity [Nagel] |
| 6477 | I can only universalise a maxim if everyone else could also universalise it [Nagel] |
| 3552 | If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic [Annas] |
| 3542 | We should do good when necessary, not maximise it [Annas] |
| 6448 | A legitimate system is one accepted as both impartial and reasonably partial [Nagel] |
| 6478 | Democracy is opposed to equality, if the poor are not a majority [Nagel] |