Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Richard Boyd and Baruch de Spinoza
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
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Slavery is a disgraceful crime [Spinoza]
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Slavery is not just obedience, but acting only in the interests of the master [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 2. Freedom of belief
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Government is oppressive if opinions can be crimes, because people can't give them up [Spinoza]
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Without liberty of thought there is no trust in the state, and corruption follows [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
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Treason may be committed as much by words as by deeds [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 6. Political freedom
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The freest state is a rational one, where people can submit themselves to reason [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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Spinoza wanted democracy based on individual rights, and is thus the first modern political philosopher [Stewart,M on Spinoza]
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The sovereignty has absolute power over citizens [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 3. Alienating rights
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Forming a society meant following reason, and giving up dangerous appetites and mutual harm [Spinoza]
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People only give up their rights, and keep promises, if they hope for some greater good [Spinoza]
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Once you have given up your rights, there is no going back [Spinoza]
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In democracy we don't abandon our rights, but transfer them to the majority of us [Spinoza]
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No one, in giving up their power and right, ceases to be a human being [Spinoza]
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Everyone who gives up their rights must fear the recipients of them [Spinoza]
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The early Hebrews, following Moses, gave up their rights to God alone [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law
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The order of nature does not prohibit anything, and allows whatever appetite produces [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 2. Religion in Society
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State and religious law can clash, so the state must make decisions about religion [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching
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The best use of talent is to teach other people to live rationally [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
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It is impossible that the necessity of a person's nature should produce a desire for non-existence [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
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Animals feel, but that doesn't mean we can't use them for our pleasure and profit [Spinoza]
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