13 ideas
7590 | Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton] |
7589 | Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me) [Scruton] |
7595 | The idea of a right seems fairly basic; justice may be the disposition to accord rights to people [Scruton] |
21991 | The middle class gain freedom through property, but workers can only free all of humanity [Marx, by Singer] |
21990 | Theory is as much a part of a revolution as material force is [Marx] |
7588 | Allegiance is fundamental to the conservative view of society [Scruton] |
7594 | Democrats are committed to a belief and to its opposite, if the majority prefer the latter [Scruton] |
7593 | Liberals focus on universal human freedom, natural rights, and tolerance [Scruton, by PG] |
7592 | For positivists law is a matter of form, for naturalists it is a matter of content [Scruton] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
7587 | The issue of abortion seems insoluble, because there is nothing with which to compare it [Scruton] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
7128 | Religion is the opium of the people, and real happiness requires its abolition [Marx] |