Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Theology and Verification' and 'On the Basis of Morality'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

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

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Reason can be vicious, and great crimes have to be rational [Schopenhauer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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Man's three basic ethical incentives are egoism, malice and compassion [Schopenhauer]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

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Philosophy treats animals as exploitable things, ignoring the significance of their lives [Schopenhauer]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification

1471	It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]

1470	Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification

1469	Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]