13 ideas
3644 | Two things being joined together doesn't prove they are the same [Descartes] |
3621 | Only judgement decides which of our senses are reliable [Descartes] |
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] |
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] |
7592 | For positivists law is a matter of form, for naturalists it is a matter of content [Scruton] |
7587 | The issue of abortion seems insoluble, because there is nothing with which to compare it [Scruton] |
9111 | God is not wise, but more-than-wise; God is not good, but more-than-good [William of Ockham] |
3637 | Ideas in God's mind only have value if he makes it so [Descartes] |
9112 | We could never form a concept of God's wisdom if we couldn't abstract it from creatures [William of Ockham] |