28 ideas
21122 | Liberal Nationalism says welfare states and democracy needed a shared sense of nationality [Shorten] |
21136 | Utilitarians conflate acts and omissions; causing to drown and failing to save are the same [Shorten] |
8239 | If the King likes music then there is hope for the state [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
23398 | Human nature is naturally compassionate and good (as a 'sprout'), but people may not be good [Mengzi (Mencius), by Norden] |
23400 | Righteousness is extending the unthinkable, to reveal what must be done [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
23399 | Each correct feeling relies on an underlying virtue [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8235 | Should a coward who ran fifty paces from a battle laugh at another who ran a hundred? [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
21135 | There are eight different ways in which groups of people can be oppressed [Shorten, by PG] |
8240 | A true king shares his pleasure with the people [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
21118 | Constitutional Patriotism unites around political values (rather than national identity) [Shorten] |
21129 | Democracy is a method of selection, or it involves participation, or it concerns public discussion [Shorten] |
21130 | Some say democracy is intrinsically valuable, others that it delivers good outcomes [Shorten] |
21126 | Representative should be either obedient, or sensible, or typical [Shorten] |
21128 | There is 'mirror representation' when the institution statistically reflects the population [Shorten] |
21127 | In a changed situation a Mandated Representative can't keep promises and fight for constituents [Shorten] |
21117 | Liberal citizens have a moral requirement to respect freedom and equality [Shorten] |
21134 | Maybe the rational autonomous liberal individual is merely the result of domination [Shorten] |
21113 | Liberal equality concerns rights, and liberal freedom concerns choice of ends [Shorten] |
21121 | Liberal Nationalism encourages the promotion of nationalistic values [Shorten] |
21115 | Liberalism should not make assumptions such as the value of choosing your own life plan [Shorten] |
8237 | Extend the treatment of the old and young in your family to the rest of society [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
21114 | Liberals treat individuals as mutual strangers, rather than as social beings [Shorten] |
21123 | Liberal Nationalism is more communitarian, and Constitutional Patriotism more cosmopolitan [Shorten] |
8241 | Only put someone to death if the whole population believes it is deserved [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8238 | Seeking peace through war is like looking for fish up a tree [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
21124 | Religious toleration has been institutionalised by the separation of church and state [Shorten] |
8236 | Avoid the animals you are going to eat, as it is hard once you have got to know them [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
20713 | God must be fit for worship, but worship abandons morally autonomy, but there is no God [Rachels, by Davies,B] |