13 ideas
3750 | "It is true that x" means no more than x [Ramsey] |
18818 | Sentence meaning is given by the actions to which it would lead [Ramsey] |
5078 | Kant and Mill both try to explain right and wrong, without a divine lawgiver [Taylor,R] |
5067 | Morality based on 'forbid', 'permit' and 'require' implies someone who does these things [Taylor,R] |
5079 | Pleasure can have a location, and be momentary, and come and go - but happiness can't [Taylor,R] |
5068 | 'Eudaimonia' means 'having a good demon', implying supreme good fortune [Taylor,R] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
5076 | To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function [Taylor,R] |
5077 | The modern idea of obligation seems to have lost the idea of an obligation 'to' something [Taylor,R] |
5066 | If we are made in God's image, pursuit of excellence is replaced by duty to obey God [Taylor,R] |
5065 | The ethics of duty requires a religious framework [Taylor,R] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |