21 ideas
21406 | Because there is only one human reason, there can only be one true philosophy from principles [Kant] |
21081 | We are equipped with the a priori intuitions needed for the concept of right [Kant] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
7127 | If men are good you should keep promises, but they aren't, so you needn't [Machiavelli] |
21082 | A power-based state of nature may not be unjust, but there is no justice without competent judges [Kant] |
6309 | The principle foundations of all states are good laws and good armies [Machiavelli] |
21089 | Monarchs have the highest power; autocrats have complete power [Kant] |
6306 | People are vengeful, so be generous to them, or destroy them [Machiavelli] |
6305 | To retain a conquered state, wipe out the ruling family, and preserve everything else [Machiavelli] |
6308 | A sensible conqueror does all his harmful deeds immediately, because people soon forget [Machiavelli] |
21086 | Hereditary nobility has not been earned, and probably won't be earned [Kant] |
21080 | Actions are right if the maxim respects universal mutual freedoms [Kant] |
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] |
6307 | A desire to conquer, and men who do it, are always praised, or not blamed [Machiavelli] |
7486 | Machiavelli emancipated politics from religion [Machiavelli, by Watson] |
21085 | The church has a political role, by offering a supreme power over people [Kant] |