9 ideas
| 6710 | You can only define a statement that something is 'true' by referring to its functional possibilities [James] |
| 18902 | Correspondence theories can't tell you what truths correspond to [Davidson] |
| 22305 | If the hypothesis of God is widely successful, it is true [James] |
| 22384 | A 'double effect' is a foreseen but not desired side-effect, which may be forgivable [Foot] |
| 22385 | The doctrine of double effect can excuse an outcome because it wasn't directly intended [Foot] |
| 22386 | Double effect says foreseeing you will kill someone is not the same as intending it [Foot] |
| 22387 | Without double effect, bad men can make us do evil by threatening something worse [Foot] |
| 22388 | Double effect seems to rely on a distinction between what we do and what we allow [Foot] |
| 22383 | Abortion is puzzling because we do and don't want the unborn child to have rights [Foot] |