25 ideas
12394 | If the result is bad, we change the rule; if we like the rule, we reject the result [Goodman] |
14292 | Dispositions seem more ethereal than behaviour; a non-occult account of them would be nice [Goodman] |
16066 | Additional or removal of any part changes a thing, so people are never the same person [Epicharmus] |
436 | A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus] |
18749 | Goodman argued that the confirmation relation can never be formalised [Goodman, by Horsten/Pettigrew] |
17646 | Goodman showed that every sound inductive argument has an unsound one of the same form [Goodman, by Putnam] |
3926 | The human heart has a natural concern for public good [Hume] |
442 | Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus] |
3929 | No moral theory is of any use if it doesn't serve the interests of the individual concerned [Hume] |
440 | Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus] |
3925 | Personal Merit is the possession of useful or agreeable mental qualities [Hume] |
441 | Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus] |
3922 | Justice only exists to support society [Hume] |
23560 | If we all naturally had everything we could ever desire, the virtue of justice would be irrelevant [Hume] |
3918 | Moral philosophy aims to show us our duty [Hume] |
3919 | Conclusions of reason do not affect our emotions or decisions to act [Hume] |
3928 | Virtue just requires careful calculation and a preference for the greater happiness [Hume] |
3923 | No one would cause pain to a complete stranger who happened to be passing [Hume] |
3924 | Nature makes private affections come first, because public concerns are spread too thinly [Hume] |
3921 | The safety of the people is the supreme law [Hume] |
3927 | Society prefers helpful lies to harmful truth [Hume] |
3920 | If you equalise possessions, people's talents will make them unequal again [Hume] |
4794 | We don't use laws to make predictions, we call things laws if we make predictions with them [Goodman] |
439 | God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus] |
443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |