19 ideas
23825 | We seek truth only because it is good [Weil] |
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] |
23826 | Beauty, goodness and truth are only achieved by applying full attention [Weil] |
23833 | The good is a nothingness, and yet real [Weil] |
23808 | There are two goods - the absolute good we want, and the reachable opposite of evil [Weil] |
6447 | Game theory misses out the motivation arising from the impersonal standpoint [Nagel] |
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] |
23831 | The essence of power is illusory prestige [Weil] |
23830 | A group is only dangerous if it endorses an abstract entity [Weil] |
23809 | Our only social duty is to try to limit evil [Weil] |
6448 | A legitimate system is one accepted as both impartial and reasonably partial [Nagel] |
23807 | The collective is the one and only object of false idolatry [Weil] |
23810 | Charity is the only love, and you can feel that for a country (a place with traditions), but not a nation [Weil] |
23811 | If effort is from necessity rather than for a good, it is slavery [Weil] |
6478 | Democracy is opposed to equality, if the poor are not a majority [Nagel] |
23765 | The soul is the intrinsic value of a human [Weil] |