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All the ideas for 'Utilitarianism', 'reports of last days' and 'U.S. Declaration of Independence'

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27 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
343 The unexamined life is not worth living for men [Socrates]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
3772 The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire [Mill]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
3769 With early training, any absurdity or evil may be given the power of conscience [Mill]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
339 Men fear death as a great evil when it may be a great blessing [Socrates]
344 If death is like a night of dreamless sleep, such nights are very pleasant [Socrates]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
3767 Motive shows the worth of the agent, but not of the action [Mill]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies
2 We should not even harm someone who harms us [Socrates]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
345 A good man cannot be harmed, either in life or in death [Socrates]
3771 Virtues only have value because they achieve some further end [Mill]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
346 One ought not to return a wrong or injury to any person, whatever the provocation [Socrates]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth
341 Wealth is good if it is accompanied by virtue [Socrates]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
3768 Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory [Mill]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
3776 Utilitarianism only works if everybody has a totally equal right to happiness [Mill]
7202 The English believe in the task of annihilating evil for the victory of good [Nietzsche on Mill]
5935 Mill's qualities of pleasure is an admission that there are other good states of mind than pleasure [Ross on Mill]
3764 Actions are right if they promote pleasure, wrong if they promote pain [Mill]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 2. Ideal of Pleasure
3766 Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied [Mill]
3765 Only pleasure and freedom from pain are desirable as ends [Mill]
3763 Ultimate goods such as pleasure can never be proved to be good [Mill]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism
3770 General happiness is only desirable because individuals desire their own happiness [Mill]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism
6697 Moral rules protecting human welfare are more vital than local maxims [Mill]
24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / b. Natural equality
20565 Men are created equal, and with certain inalienable rights [Jefferson]
24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights
3774 Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence [Mill]
3773 No individual has the right to receive our benevolence [Mill]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
3775 A right is a valid claim to society's protection [Mill]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system
347 Will I stand up against the law, simply because I have been unjustly judged? [Socrates]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
338 Socrates is accused of denying the gods, saying sun is stone and moon is earth [Socrates, by Plato]