9 ideas
22462 | We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot] |
18702 | Names, descriptions and predicates refer to things; without that, language and thought are baffling [Davidson] |
7295 | Maybe induction is only reliable IF reality is stable [Mitchell,A] |
22458 | Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot] |
22460 | Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot] |
22461 | Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot] |
22464 | The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot] |
22463 | Morality is seen as tacit legislation by the community [Foot] |
22459 | For consequentialism, it is irrational to follow a rule which in this instance ends badly [Foot] |