Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Habermas', 'Response to Slote' and 'Of the Origin of Government'

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5 ideas

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique

7101	Virtue theory needs an external standard to judge behaviour and character [Inwagen, by Statman]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

15674

One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

21096

The only purpose of government is to administer justice, which brings security [Hume]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

15662

The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson]