15 ideas
| 22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
| 3214 | The models we use in reasoning may be more like perceptions than like language [Johnson-Laird] |
| 22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
| 7590 | Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton] |
| 22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
| 7589 | Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me) [Scruton] |
| 7595 | The idea of a right seems fairly basic; justice may be the disposition to accord rights to people [Scruton] |
| 7588 | Allegiance is fundamental to the conservative view of society [Scruton] |
| 22876 | Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities [Dewey] |
| 22875 | Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living [Dewey] |
| 7594 | Democrats are committed to a belief and to its opposite, if the majority prefer the latter [Scruton] |
| 7593 | Liberals focus on universal human freedom, natural rights, and tolerance [Scruton, by PG] |
| 22874 | Individuality is only developed within groups [Dewey] |
| 7592 | For positivists law is a matter of form, for naturalists it is a matter of content [Scruton] |
| 7587 | The issue of abortion seems insoluble, because there is nothing with which to compare it [Scruton] |