12 ideas
3269 | If your life is to be meaningful as part of some large thing, the large thing must be meaningful [Nagel] |
24069 | Much metaphysical debate concerns what is fundamental, rather than what exists [Koslicki] |
24065 | Structured wholes are united by the teamwork needed for their capacities [Koslicki] |
24066 | The form explains kind, structure, unity and activity [Koslicki] |
24067 | Hylomorphic compounds need an individual form for transworld identity [Koslicki] |
3270 | Justifications come to an end when we want them to [Nagel] |
22445 | Morality shows murder is wrong, but not what counts as a murder [Foot] |
22444 | A moral system must deal with the dangers and benefits of life [Foot] |
22447 | Saying something 'just is' right or wrong creates an illusion of fact and objectivity [Foot] |
22448 | We sometimes just use the word 'should' to impose a rule of conduct on someone [Foot] |
3268 | If a small brief life is absurd, then so is a long and large one [Nagel] |
22446 | In the case of something lacking independence, calling it a human being is a matter of choice [Foot] |