23 ideas
21406 | Because there is only one human reason, there can only be one true philosophy from principles [Kant] |
21081 | We are equipped with the a priori intuitions needed for the concept of right [Kant] |
7413 | Without confidence in our beliefs, how should we actually live? [Tuck] |
23262 | Experience, sympathy and history are sensible grounds for laying claim to rights [Grayling] |
21082 | A power-based state of nature may not be unjust, but there is no justice without competent judges [Kant] |
23263 | Politics is driven by power cliques [Grayling] |
21089 | Monarchs have the highest power; autocrats have complete power [Kant] |
21086 | Hereditary nobility has not been earned, and probably won't be earned [Kant] |
23254 | Democracies should require a supermajority for major questions [Grayling] |
23255 | It is essential for democracy that voting is free and well informed [Grayling] |
23260 | A cap on time of service would restrict party control and career ambitions [Grayling] |
23253 | Majority decisions are only acceptable if the minority interests are not vital [Grayling] |
21080 | Actions are right if the maxim respects universal mutual freedoms [Kant] |
21083 | Women have no role in politics [Kant] |
23256 | Liberty and equality cannot be reconciled [Grayling] |
21407 | Equality is not being bound in ways you cannot bind others [Kant] |
21084 | In the contract people lose their rights, but immediately regain them, in the new commonwealth [Kant] |
21090 | If someone has largely made something, then they own it [Kant] |
21087 | Human life is pointless without justice [Kant] |
23258 | The very concept of democracy entails a need for justice [Grayling] |
23259 | There should be separate legislative, executive and judicial institutions [Grayling] |
21088 | Justice asserts the death penalty for murder, from a priori laws [Kant] |
21085 | The church has a political role, by offering a supreme power over people [Kant] |