16 ideas
22142 | In future, only logical limits can be placed on divine omnipotence [Anon (Par), by Boulter] |
16716 | It is heresy to require self-evident foundational principles in order to be certain [Anon (Par)] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
1866 | It is heresy to teach that history repeats every 36,000 years [Anon (Par)] |
4057 | A newly fertilized ovum is no more a person than an acorn is an oak tree [Thomson] |
4695 | Maybe abortion can be justified despite the foetus having full human rights [Thomson, by Foot] |
4059 | It can't be murder for a mother to perform an abortion on herself to save her own life [Thomson] |
4696 | The foetus is safe in the womb, so abortion initiates its death, with the mother as the agent. [Foot on Thomson] |
4058 | Is someone's right to life diminished if they were conceived by a rape? [Thomson] |
4060 | The right to life does not bestow the right to use someone else's body to support that life [Thomson] |
4062 | No one is morally required to make huge sacrifices to keep someone else alive for nine months [Thomson] |
4061 | The right to life is not a right not to be killed, but not to be killed unjustly [Thomson] |
1865 | It is heresy to teach that natural impossibilities cannot even be achieved by God [Anon (Par)] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
1864 | It is heresy to teach that we can know God by his essence in this mortal life [Anon (Par)] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |