19 ideas
9390 | Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt] |
9389 | Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt] |
22449 | When we say 'is red' we don't mean 'seems red to most people' [Foot] |
21059 | General rules of action also need a judgement about when to apply them [Kant] |
22451 | All people need affection, cooperation, community and help in trouble [Foot] |
22452 | Do we have a concept of value, other than wanting something, or making an effort to get it? [Foot] |
21061 | Duty does not aim at an end, but gives rise to universal happiness as aim of the will [Kant] |
21060 | It can't be a duty to strive after the impossible [Kant] |
21062 | The will's motive is the absolute law itself, and moral feeling is receptivity to law [Kant] |
21071 | There can be no restraints on freedom if reason does not reveal some basic rights [Kant] |
21063 | Personal contracts are for some end, but a civil state contract involves a duty to share [Kant] |
21068 | There must be a unanimous contract that citizens accept majority decisions [Kant] |
21069 | A contract is theoretical, but it can guide rulers to make laws which the whole people will accept [Kant] |
21070 | A law is unjust if the whole people could not possibly agree to it [Kant] |
21067 | A citizen must control his own life, and possess property or an important skill [Kant] |
21064 | A lawful civil state must embody freedom, equality and independence for its members [Kant] |
21066 | Citizens can rise to any rank that talent, effort and luck can achieve [Kant] |
21065 | You can't make a contract renouncing your right to make contracts! [Kant] |
21072 | The people (who have to fight) and not the head of state should declare a war [Kant] |