15 ideas
| 23111 | If we say that freedom depends on rationality, the irrational actions are not free [Sidgwick] |
| 21103 | Moral questions can only be decided by common opinion [Hume] |
| 23059 | Self-interest is not rational, if the self is just a succession of memories and behaviour [Sidgwick, by Gray] |
| 13554 | True greatness is never allowing events to disturb you [Seneca] |
| 13556 | Every night I critically review how I have behaved during the day [Seneca] |
| 13553 | Anger is a vice which afflicts good men as well as bad [Seneca] |
| 13552 | Anger is an extreme vice, threatening sanity, and gripping whole states [Seneca] |
| 4129 | It is self-evident (from the point of view of the Universe) that no individual has more importance than another [Sidgwick] |
| 21099 | People must have agreed to authority, because they are naturally equal, prior to education [Hume] |
| 21100 | The idea that society rests on consent or promises undermines obedience [Hume] |
| 20495 | We no more give 'tacit assent' to the state than a passenger carried on board a ship while asleep [Hume] |
| 21101 | The people would be amazed to learn that government arises from their consent [Hume] |
| 20588 | Sidwick argues for utilitarian institutions, rather than actions [Sidgwick, by Tuckness/Wolf] |
| 6703 | Poor people lack the knowledge or wealth to move to a different state [Hume] |
| 21102 | We all know that the history of property is founded on injustices [Hume] |