20 ideas
19404 | Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
23438 | Full rationality must include morality [Foot] |
23437 | Practical reason is goodness in choosing actions [Foot] |
23436 | It is an odd Humean view to think a reason to act must always involve caring [Foot] |
21740 | I doubt whether ethics is part of philosophy [Russell] |
23431 | Human defects are just like plant or animal defects [Foot] |
21741 | 'You ought to do p' primarily has emotional content, expressing approval [Russell] |
23433 | Humans need courage like a plant needs roots [Foot] |
23432 | Concepts such as function, welfare, flourishing and interests only apply to living things [Foot] |
23434 | There is no fact-value gap in 'owls should see in the dark' [Foot] |
23439 | Principles are not ultimate, but arise from the necessities of human life [Foot] |
23435 | If you demonstrate the reason to act, there is no further question of 'why should I?' [Foot] |
21746 | Unlike hate, all desires can be satisfied by love [Russell] |
21747 | Goodness is a combination of love and knowledge [Russell] |
21743 | In wartime, happiness is hating the enemy, because it gives the war a purpose [Russell] |
21742 | Originally virtue was obedience, to gods, government, or custom [Russell] |
21745 | Act so as to produce harmonious rather than discordant desires [Russell] |
21744 | Legally curbing people's desires is inferior to improving their desires [Russell] |
19403 | Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz] |
22891 | We could be aware of time if senses briefly vibrated, extending their experience of movement [Russell, by Bardon] |