12 ideas
3269 | If your life is to be meaningful as part of some large thing, the large thing must be meaningful [Nagel] |
3270 | Justifications come to an end when we want them to [Nagel] |
3546 | 'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence [Annas] |
22086 | The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
3547 | Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development [Annas] |
3543 | Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness [Annas] |
3541 | Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives [Annas] |
3550 | Principles cover life as a whole, where rules just cover actions [Annas] |
3551 | Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character [Annas] |
3552 | If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic [Annas] |
3542 | We should do good when necessary, not maximise it [Annas] |
3268 | If a small brief life is absurd, then so is a long and large one [Nagel] |