19 ideas
7566 | The Identity of Indiscernibles is really the same as the verification principle [Jolley] |
6479 | Noninterference requires justification as much as interference does [Nagel] |
6450 | Morality must be motivating, and not because of pre-moral motives [Nagel] |
23814 | Every human yearns for an unattainable transcendent good [Weil] |
23824 | Where human needs are satisfied we find happiness, friendship and beauty [Weil] |
6447 | Game theory misses out the motivation arising from the impersonal standpoint [Nagel] |
23815 | We cannot equally respect what is unequal, so equal respect needs a shared ground [Weil] |
6446 | In ethics we abstract from our identity, but not from our humanity [Nagel] |
6477 | I can only universalise a maxim if everyone else could also universalise it [Nagel] |
23823 | Life needs risks to avoid sickly boredom [Weil] |
23822 | We all need to partipate in public tasks, and take some initiative [Weil] |
23817 | We need both equality (to attend to human needs) and hierarchy (as a scale of responsibilities) [Weil] |
6448 | A legitimate system is one accepted as both impartial and reasonably partial [Nagel] |
23819 | Deliberate public lying should be punished [Weil] |
23818 | We have liberty in the space between nature and accepted authority [Weil] |
6478 | Democracy is opposed to equality, if the poor are not a majority [Nagel] |
23820 | People need personal and collective property, and a social class lacking property is shameful [Weil] |
23821 | Crime should be punished, to bring the perpetrator freely back to morality [Weil] |
23816 | Attention to a transcendent reality motivates a duty to foster the good of humanity [Weil] |