11 ideas
5035 | The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
22462 | We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot] |
5038 | Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
22458 | Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot] |
22460 | Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot] |
22461 | Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot] |
22464 | The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot] |
22463 | Morality is seen as tacit legislation by the community [Foot] |
22459 | For consequentialism, it is irrational to follow a rule which in this instance ends badly [Foot] |
5037 | God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz] |