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All the ideas for 'Intros to 'Buddhist Scriptures'', 'Equality' and 'The Sovereignty of Good'

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24 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
22338 An unexamined life can be virtuous [Murdoch]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
22337 Philosophy must keep returning to the beginning [Murdoch]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
23563 Philosophy moves continually between elaborate theories and the obvious facts [Murdoch]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature
22341 Literature is the most important aspect of culture, because it teaches understanding of living [Murdoch]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
22347 Appreciating beauty in art or nature opens up the good life, by restricting selfishness [Murdoch]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
22339 Love is a central concept in morals [Murdoch]
22348 Ordinary human love is good evidence of transcendent goodness [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
22343 If I attend properly I will have no choices [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue
22349 Art trains us in the love of virtue [Murdoch]
22340 It is hard to learn goodness from others, because their virtues are part of their personal history [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
22350 Only trivial virtues can be possessed on their own [Murdoch]
22346 Moral reflection and experience gradually reveals unity in the moral world [Murdoch]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
3282 The general form of moral reasoning is putting yourself in other people's shoes [Nagel]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action
22342 Kantian existentialists care greatly for reasons for action, whereas Surrealists care nothing [Murdoch]
22351 Only a philosopher might think choices create values [Murdoch]
24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 4. Original Position / c. Difference principle
3278 An egalitarian system must give priority to those with the worst prospects in life [Nagel]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
3275 Equality was once opposed to aristocracy, but now it opposes public utility and individual rights [Nagel]
3281 The ideal of acceptability to each individual underlies the appeal to equality [Nagel]
3277 In judging disputes, should we use one standard, or those of each individual? [Nagel]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 2. Political equality
3274 Equality can either be defended as good for society, or as good for individual rights [Nagel]
3273 Equality nowadays is seen as political, social, legal and economic [Nagel]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
3276 A morality of rights is very minimal, leaving a lot of human life without restrictions or duties [Nagel]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
22345 Moral philosophy needs a central concept with all the traditional attributes of God [Murdoch]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
7901 'Buddha' just means a person who is fully enlightened about life [Conze]