12 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
13095 | Essence is primitive force, or a law of change [Leibniz] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
3282 | The general form of moral reasoning is putting yourself in other people's shoes [Nagel] |
3278 | An egalitarian system must give priority to those with the worst prospects in life [Nagel] |
3275 | Equality was once opposed to aristocracy, but now it opposes public utility and individual rights [Nagel] |
3281 | The ideal of acceptability to each individual underlies the appeal to equality [Nagel] |
3277 | In judging disputes, should we use one standard, or those of each individual? [Nagel] |
3274 | Equality can either be defended as good for society, or as good for individual rights [Nagel] |
3273 | Equality nowadays is seen as political, social, legal and economic [Nagel] |
3276 | A morality of rights is very minimal, leaving a lot of human life without restrictions or duties [Nagel] |
2117 | The connection in events enables us to successfully predict the future, so there must be a constant cause [Leibniz] |