Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, David Hume and Wilfrid Sellars
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
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No government has ever suffered by being too tolerant of philosophy [Hume]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 7. Freedom to leave
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Poor people lack the knowledge or wealth to move to a different state [Hume]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
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If you equalise possessions, people's talents will make them unequal again [Hume]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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There are two kinds of right - to power, and to property [Hume]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights
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Hume thought (unlike Locke) that property is a merely conventional relationship [Hume, by Fogelin]
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We all know that the history of property is founded on injustices [Hume]
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It is an exaggeration to say that property is the foundation of all government [Hume]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
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If suicide is wrong because only God disposes of our lives, it must also be wrong to save lives [Hume]
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