43 ideas
| 7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 6685 | 'Subjectivism' is an extension of relativism from the social group to the individual [Graham] |
| 7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 3772 | The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire [Mill] |
| 6699 | The chain of consequences may not be the same as the chain of responsibility [Graham] |
| 3769 | With early training, any absurdity or evil may be given the power of conscience [Mill] |
| 7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 3767 | Motive shows the worth of the agent, but not of the action [Mill] |
| 6698 | Negative consequences are very hard (and possibly impossible) to assess [Graham] |
| 6700 | We can't criticise people because of unforeseeable consequences [Graham] |
| 6704 | Egoism submits to desires, but cannot help form them [Graham] |
| 3771 | Virtues only have value because they achieve some further end [Mill] |
| 6701 | Rescue operations need spontaneous benevolence, not careful thought [Graham] |
| 3768 | Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory [Mill] |
| 6693 | 'What if everybody did that?' rather misses the point as an objection to cheating [Graham] |
| 7202 | The English believe in the task of annihilating evil for the victory of good [Nietzsche on Mill] |
| 5935 | Mill's qualities of pleasure is an admission that there are other good states of mind than pleasure [Ross on Mill] |
| 3764 | Actions are right if they promote pleasure, wrong if they promote pain [Mill] |
| 3776 | Utilitarianism only works if everybody has a totally equal right to happiness [Mill] |
| 3765 | Only pleasure and freedom from pain are desirable as ends [Mill] |
| 3766 | Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied [Mill] |
| 3763 | Ultimate goods such as pleasure can never be proved to be good [Mill] |
| 3770 | General happiness is only desirable because individuals desire their own happiness [Mill] |
| 6697 | Moral rules protecting human welfare are more vital than local maxims [Mill] |
| 6691 | It is more plausible to say people can choose between values, than that they can create them [Graham] |
| 6688 | Life is only absurd if you expected an explanation and none turns up [Graham] |
| 6705 | Existentialism may transcend our nature, unlike eudaimonism [Graham] |
| 6690 | A standard problem for existentialism is the 'sincere Nazi' [Graham] |
| 6689 | The key to existentialism: the way you make choices is more important than what you choose [Graham] |
| 3774 | Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence [Mill] |
| 3773 | No individual has the right to receive our benevolence [Mill] |
| 3775 | A right is a valid claim to society's protection [Mill] |
| 7988 | There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7992 | The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7994 | Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 6706 | The great religions are much more concerned with the religious life than with ethics [Graham] |
| 7997 | Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 6709 | Western religion saves us from death; Eastern religion saves us from immortality [Graham] |
| 7998 | The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)] |