36 ideas
| 22496 | Wisdom only implies the knowledge achievable in any normal lifetime [Foot] |
| 7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
| 7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
| 23694 | All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will [Foot] |
| 6248 | Reason is too slow and doubtful to guide all actions, which need external and moral senses [Hutcheson] |
| 23686 | Moral reason is not just neutral, because morality is part of the standard of rationality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
| 23693 | Practical rationality must weigh both what is morally and what is non-morally required [Foot] |
| 6238 | We approve of actions by a superior moral sense [Hutcheson] |
| 6239 | We dislike a traitor, even if they give us great benefit [Hutcheson] |
| 6240 | The moral sense is not an innate idea, but an ability to approve or disapprove in a disinterested way [Hutcheson] |
| 6242 | We cannot choose our moral feelings, otherwise bribery could affect them [Hutcheson] |
| 6247 | Everyone feels uneasy when seeing others in pain, unless the others are evil [Hutcheson] |
| 23687 | Moral virtues arise from human nature, as part of what makes us good human beings [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
| 22493 | Sterility is a human defect, but the choice to be childless is not [Foot] |
| 22492 | Virtues are as necessary to humans as stings are to bees [Foot] |
| 22491 | Moral evaluations are not separate from facts, but concern particular facts about functioning [Foot] |
| 6244 | Human nature seems incapable of universal malice, except what results from self-love [Hutcheson] |
| 7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
| 6243 | As death approaches, why do we still care about family, friends or country? [Hutcheson] |
| 6246 | My action is not made good by a good effect, if I did not foresee and intend it [Hutcheson] |
| 22497 | Deep happiness usually comes from the basic things in life [Foot] |
| 22498 | Happiness is enjoying the pursuit and attainment of right ends [Foot] |
| 7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
| 23695 | Good actions can never be justified by the good they brings to their agent [Foot] |
| 22499 | We all know that just pretending to be someone's friend is not the good life [Foot] |
| 7896 | The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
| 7897 | The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
| 22495 | Someone is a good person because of their rational will, not their body or memory [Foot] |
| 6241 | Contempt of danger is just madness if it is not in some worthy cause [Hutcheson] |
| 7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
| 6245 | That action is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest number [Hutcheson] |
| 22502 | Refraining from murder is not made good by authenticity or self-fulfilment [Foot] |
| 6251 | The loss of perfect rights causes misery, but the loss of imperfect rights reduces social good [Hutcheson] |
| 6250 | We say God is good if we think everything he does aims at the happiness of his creatures [Hutcheson] |
| 6249 | If goodness is constituted by God's will, it is a tautology to say God's will is good [Hutcheson] |
| 7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |