9 ideas
| 6851 | We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk] |
| 16567 | Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D] |
| 22384 | A 'double effect' is a foreseen but not desired side-effect, which may be forgivable [Foot] |
| 22385 | The doctrine of double effect can excuse an outcome because it wasn't directly intended [Foot] |
| 22386 | Double effect says foreseeing you will kill someone is not the same as intending it [Foot] |
| 22387 | Without double effect, bad men can make us do evil by threatening something worse [Foot] |
| 22388 | Double effect seems to rely on a distinction between what we do and what we allow [Foot] |
| 6850 | Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk] |
| 22383 | Abortion is puzzling because we do and don't want the unborn child to have rights [Foot] |