16 ideas
| 7590 | Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton] |
| 7589 | Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me) [Scruton] |
| 7595 | The idea of a right seems fairly basic; justice may be the disposition to accord rights to people [Scruton] |
| 23829 | National leaders want to preserve necessary order - but always the existing order [Weil] |
| 7257 | All modern social systems seem to be conspiracies of the rich [More,T] |
| 7588 | Allegiance is fundamental to the conservative view of society [Scruton] |
| 7254 | If you try to get elected, you should be permanently barred from seeking office [More,T] |
| 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] |
| 23828 | National prestige consists of behaving as if you could beat the others in a war [Weil] |
| 7592 | For positivists law is a matter of form, for naturalists it is a matter of content [Scruton] |
| 7255 | Only Utopians fail to see glory in warfare [More,T] |
| 23827 | Modern wars are fought in the name of empty words which are given capital letters [Weil] |
| 7253 | In Utopia, legal euthanasia is considered honourable [More,T] |
| 7587 | The issue of abortion seems insoluble, because there is nothing with which to compare it [Scruton] |
| 7256 | In Utopia, the Supreme Being is identical with Nature [More,T] |