28 ideas
22496 | Wisdom only implies the knowledge achievable in any normal lifetime [Foot] |
23651 | Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid] |
23650 | Only individuals exist [Reid] |
23649 | No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid] |
11874 | Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid] |
23652 | We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid] |
23648 | First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid] |
23694 | All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will [Foot] |
3546 | 'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence [Annas] |
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] |
22492 | Virtues are as necessary to humans as stings are to bees [Foot] |
22493 | Sterility is a human defect, but the choice to be childless is not [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] |
3547 | Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development [Annas] |
23695 | Good actions can never be justified by the good they brings to their agent [Foot] |
3543 | Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness [Annas] |
22499 | We all know that just pretending to be someone's friend is not the good life [Foot] |
3541 | Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives [Annas] |
22495 | Someone is a good person because of their rational will, not their body or memory [Foot] |
3550 | Principles cover life as a whole, where rules just cover actions [Annas] |
3551 | Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character [Annas] |
3552 | If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic [Annas] |
3542 | We should do good when necessary, not maximise it [Annas] |
22502 | Refraining from murder is not made good by authenticity or self-fulfilment [Foot] |