22 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] |
| 7590 | Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton] |
| 5996 | Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA] |
| 7589 | Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me) [Scruton] |
| 21082 | A power-based state of nature may not be unjust, but there is no justice without competent judges [Kant] |
| 7595 | The idea of a right seems fairly basic; justice may be the disposition to accord rights to people [Scruton] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 21080 | Actions are right if the maxim respects universal mutual freedoms [Kant] |
| 21083 | Women have no role in politics [Kant] |
| 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] |
| 7592 | For positivists law is a matter of form, for naturalists it is a matter of content [Scruton] |
| 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] |
| 7587 | The issue of abortion seems insoluble, because there is nothing with which to compare it [Scruton] |