14 ideas
19355 | The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz] |
19350 | We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz] |
23832 | We both desire what is beautiful, and want it to remain as it is [Weil] |
2705 | How can intuitionists distinguish universal convictions from local cultural ones? [Hare] |
2712 | You can't use intuitions to decide which intuitions you should cultivate [Hare] |
2706 | Emotivists mistakenly think all disagreements are about facts, and so there are no moral reasons [Hare] |
2708 | An 'ought' statement implies universal application [Hare] |
2704 | If morality is just a natural or intuitive description, that leads to relativism [Hare] |
2703 | Descriptivism say ethical meaning is just truth-conditions; prescriptivism adds an evaluation [Hare] |
2707 | If there can be contradictory prescriptions, then reasoning must be involved [Hare] |
2711 | Prescriptivism implies a commitment, but descriptivism doesn't [Hare] |
2709 | Prescriptivism sees 'ought' statements as imperatives which are universalisable [Hare] |
2710 | Moral judgements must invoke some sort of principle [Hare] |
19356 | Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz] |