9 ideas
7639 | The Homunculus Fallacy explains a subject perceiving objects by repeating the problem internally [Evans] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
9261 | The 'Ethics' is disappointing, because it fails to try to justify our duties [Prichard] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
9262 | The mistake is to think we can prove what can only be seen directly in moral thinking [Prichard] |
9260 | Virtues won't generate an obligation, so it isn't a basis for morality [Prichard] |
9259 | We feel obligations to overcome our own failings, and these are not relations to other people [Prichard] |
9258 | If pain were instrinsically wrong, it would be immoral to inflict it on ourselves [Prichard] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |