7 ideas
12708 | The soul is not a substance but a substantial form, the first active faculty [Leibniz] |
5121 | Basing ethics on flourishing makes it consequentialist, as actions are judged by contributing to it [Harman] |
5120 | What counts as 'flourishing' must be relative to various sets of values [Harman] |
23169 | Democratic institutions become impossible in a fanatical democracy [Russell] |
23170 | Liberal opinions are tentative rather than dogmatic, and are always responsive to new evidence [Russell] |
23172 | Empiricist Liberalism is the only view for someone who favours scientific evidence and happiness [Russell] |
23171 | Empiricism is ethically superior, because dogmatism favours persecution and hatred [Russell] |