10 ideas
12189 | Logical necessity involves a decision about usage, and is non-realist and non-cognitive [Wright,C, by McFetridge] |
7320 | Holism cannot give a coherent account of scientific methodology [Wright,C, by Miller,A] |
9261 | The 'Ethics' is disappointing, because it fails to try to justify our duties [Prichard] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
9262 | The mistake is to think we can prove what can only be seen directly in moral thinking [Prichard] |
9260 | Virtues won't generate an obligation, so it isn't a basis for morality [Prichard] |
9259 | We feel obligations to overcome our own failings, and these are not relations to other people [Prichard] |
9258 | If pain were instrinsically wrong, it would be immoral to inflict it on ourselves [Prichard] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |