20 ideas
| 22496 | Wisdom only implies the knowledge achievable in any normal lifetime [Foot] |
| 9254 | In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard] |
| 16541 | All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza] |
| 13073 | To understand the properties we must know the essence, as with a circle [Spinoza] |
| 23694 | All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will [Foot] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 22497 | Deep happiness usually comes from the basic things in life [Foot] |
| 22498 | Happiness is enjoying the pursuit and attainment of right ends [Foot] |
| 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] |
| 9256 | I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard] |
| 9257 | The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard] |
| 22495 | Someone is a good person because of their rational will, not their body or memory [Foot] |
| 9255 | Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard] |
| 22502 | Refraining from murder is not made good by authenticity or self-fulfilment [Foot] |