9 ideas
5122 | Maybe consequentialism is a critique of ordinary morality, rather than describing it [Harman] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
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] |
4050 | We only allow voluntary euthanasia to someone who is both sane and crazed by pain [Kamisar] |
4051 | People will volunteer for euthanasia because they think other people want them dead [Kamisar] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |