22 ideas
20109 | Hegel inserted society and history between the God-world, man-nature, man-being binary pairs [Hegel, by Safranski] |
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
7590 | Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton] |
23274 | World history has no room for happiness [Hegel] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
7589 | Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me) [Scruton] |
23275 | The state of nature is one of untamed brutality [Hegel] |
23276 | The soul of the people is an organisation of its members which produces an essential unity [Hegel] |
7595 | The idea of a right seems fairly basic; justice may be the disposition to accord rights to people [Scruton] |
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] |
23272 | The human race matters, and individuals have little importance [Hegel] |
23273 | In a good state the goal of the citizens and of the whole state are united [Hegel] |
23271 | The goal of the world is Spirit's consciousness and enactment of freedom [Hegel] |
7592 | For positivists law is a matter of form, for naturalists it is a matter of content [Scruton] |
23270 | We should all agree that there is reason in history [Hegel] |
7587 | The issue of abortion seems insoluble, because there is nothing with which to compare it [Scruton] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |