8 ideas
9254 | In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard] |
5122 | Maybe consequentialism is a critique of ordinary morality, rather than describing it [Harman] |
9256 | I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard] |
9257 | The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard] |
5123 | Maybe there is no such thing as character, and the virtues and vices said to accompany it [Harman] |
5124 | If a person's two acts of timidity have different explanations, they are not one character trait [Harman] |
5125 | Virtue ethics might involve judgements about the virtues of actions, rather than character [Harman] |
9255 | Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard] |