17 ideas
6222 | If a decision is in accord with right reason, everyone can agree with it [Cumberland] |
6217 | Natural law is supplied to the human mind by reality and human nature [Cumberland] |
4125 | Hare says I acquire an agglomeration of preferences by role-reversal, leading to utilitarianism [Hare, by Williams,B] |
4126 | If we have to want the preferences of the many, we have to abandon our own deeply-held views [Williams,B on Hare] |
4127 | If morality is to be built on identification with the preferences of others, I must agree with their errors [Williams,B on Hare] |
22483 | A judgement is presciptive if we expect it to be acted on [Hare] |
6221 | If there are different ultimate goods, there will be conflicting good actions, which is impossible [Cumberland] |
4360 | By far the easiest way of seeming upright is to be upright [Hare] |
20725 | The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber] |
6218 | The happiness of individuals is linked to the happiness of everyone (which is individuals taken together) [Cumberland] |
6220 | The happiness of all contains the happiness of each, and promotes it [Cumberland] |
20722 | Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber] |
20724 | When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber] |
20717 | Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber] |
20718 | Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber] |
6216 | Natural law is immutable truth giving moral truths and duties independent of society [Cumberland] |
20719 | Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber] |