15 ideas
| 3546 | 'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence [Annas] |
| 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] |
| 3547 | Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development [Annas] |
| 3543 | Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness [Annas] |
| 3541 | Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives [Annas] |
| 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] |
| 22448 | We sometimes just use the word 'should' to impose a rule of conduct on someone [Foot] |
| 3542 | We should do good when necessary, not maximise it [Annas] |
| 13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
| 22446 | In the case of something lacking independence, calling it a human being is a matter of choice [Foot] |
| 20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |