17 ideas
4424 | A warlike philosopher challenges problems to single combat [Nietzsche] |
7272 | Maybe lots of qualia lead to intentionality, rather than intentionality being basic [Gildersleve] |
2886 | The distinction between egoistic and non-egoistic acts is absurd [Nietzsche] |
7590 | Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton] |
4426 | A bad result distorts one's judgement about the virtue of what one has done [Nietzsche] |
4425 | The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche] |
7589 | Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me) [Scruton] |
20132 | To become what you are you must have no self-awareness [Nietzsche] |
20144 | Eternal recurrence is the highest attainable affirmation [Nietzsche] |
7595 | The idea of a right seems fairly basic; justice may be the disposition to accord rights to people [Scruton] |
7588 | Allegiance is fundamental to the conservative view of society [Scruton] |
7594 | Democrats are committed to a belief and to its opposite, if the majority prefer the latter [Scruton] |
7593 | Liberals focus on universal human freedom, natural rights, and tolerance [Scruton, by PG] |
7592 | For positivists law is a matter of form, for naturalists it is a matter of content [Scruton] |
2889 | One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil [Nietzsche] |
7587 | The issue of abortion seems insoluble, because there is nothing with which to compare it [Scruton] |
2887 | I am not an atheist because of reasoning or evidence, but because of instinct [Nietzsche] |