39 ideas
| 21406 | Because there is only one human reason, there can only be one true philosophy from principles [Kant] |
| 21081 | We are equipped with the a priori intuitions needed for the concept of right [Kant] |
| 7222 | It is a crime for someone with a violent disposition to get drunk [Mill] |
| 7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
| 7214 | Ethics rests on utility, which is the permanent progressive interests of people [Mill] |
| 7212 | Individuals have sovereignty over their own bodies and minds [Mill] |
| 21082 | A power-based state of nature may not be unjust, but there is no justice without competent judges [Kant] |
| 7210 | The will of the people is that of the largest or most active part of the people [Mill] |
| 21089 | Monarchs have the highest power; autocrats have complete power [Kant] |
| 7227 | It is evil to give a government any more power than is necessary [Mill] |
| 21086 | Hereditary nobility has not been earned, and probably won't be earned [Kant] |
| 7228 | Individuals often do things better than governments [Mill] |
| 7230 | Aim for the maximum dissemination of power consistent with efficiency [Mill] |
| 20515 | Maximise happiness by an area of strict privacy, and an area of utilitarian interventions [Mill, by Wolff,J] |
| 7229 | People who transact their own business will also have the initiative to control their government [Mill] |
| 7211 | Prevention of harm to others is the only justification for exercising power over people [Mill] |
| 7231 | The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it [Mill] |
| 21080 | Actions are right if the maxim respects universal mutual freedoms [Kant] |
| 7217 | The main argument for freedom is that interference with it is usually misguided [Mill] |
| 21083 | Women have no role in politics [Kant] |
| 7213 | Liberty arises at the point where people can freely and equally discuss things [Mill] |
| 20517 | Utilitarianism values liberty, but guides us on which ones we should have or not have [Mill, by Wolff,J] |
| 20516 | Mill defends freedom as increasing happiness, but maybe it is an intrinsic good [Wolff,J on Mill] |
| 7215 | True freedom is pursuing our own good, while not impeding others [Mill] |
| 7218 | Individuals are not accountable for actions which only concern themselves [Mill] |
| 7221 | Blocking entry to an unsafe bridge does not infringe liberty, since no one wants unsafe bridges [Mill] |
| 7223 | Pimping and running a gambling-house are on the border between toleration and restraint [Mill] |
| 7220 | Restraint for its own sake is an evil [Mill] |
| 21407 | Equality is not being bound in ways you cannot bind others [Kant] |
| 21084 | In the contract people lose their rights, but immediately regain them, in the new commonwealth [Kant] |
| 21090 | If someone has largely made something, then they own it [Kant] |
| 21087 | Human life is pointless without justice [Kant] |
| 21088 | Justice asserts the death penalty for murder, from a priori laws [Kant] |
| 7219 | Society can punish actions which it believes to be prejudicial to others [Mill] |
| 21085 | The church has a political role, by offering a supreme power over people [Kant] |
| 7226 | Benefits performed by individuals, not by government, help also to educate them [Mill] |
| 7224 | We need individual opinions and conduct, and State education is a means to prevent that [Mill] |
| 7225 | It is a crime to create a being who lacks the ordinary chances of a desirable existence [Mill] |
| 7216 | The ethics of the Gospel has been supplemented by barbarous Old Testament values [Mill] |