16 ideas
6396 | A sentence is held true because of a combination of meaning and belief [Davidson] |
22462 | We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot] |
11145 | Having a belief involves the possibility of being mistaken [Davidson] |
6397 | The concept of belief can only derive from relationship to a speech community [Davidson] |
6392 | Thought depends on speech [Davidson] |
6393 | A creature doesn't think unless it interprets another's speech [Davidson] |
11144 | Concepts are only possible in a language community [Davidson] |
6395 | An understood sentence can be used for almost anything; it isn't language if it has only one use [Davidson] |
6394 | The pattern of sentences held true gives sentences their meaning [Davidson] |
22460 | Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot] |
22458 | Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [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] |
22824 | Magna Carta forbids prison without trial, and insists on neutral and correct process [-, by Charvet] |