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Ideas of Charles Taylor, by Text
[Canadian, b.1931, Formerly at All Soul's in Oxford, then in at McGill University, Canada.]
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p.374
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23417
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If the state is neutral, there won't be sufficient community to support a welfare state [Kymlicka]
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p.29
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p.29
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22809
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The social contract sees society as constituted by and for individuals
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p.33
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p.33
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22811
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Assigning a right based on a human capacity implies that the capacity should be developed
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p.33
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p.33
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22810
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A right is not just a rule, but also asserts certain ideas of moral worth
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p.40
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p.40
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22812
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For most people the primacy of rights mainly concerns freedom
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p.41
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p.41
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22813
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Property is not essential for life, but it may be essential for independence
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p.42
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p.42
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22814
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Our reliance on other people close to us does not imply any political obligations
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p.47
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p.47
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22815
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If freedom depends on society and culture, the greatest freedom is in shaping them
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§1.1
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p.3
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4003
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Selfhood and moral values are inextricably intertwined
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§1.1
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p.7
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4004
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Consistency presupposes intrinsic description
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§1.1
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p.8
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4005
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To have respect for people, you must feel their claims, or their injustices, or hold them in awe
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§2.3
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p.50
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4006
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I can only be aware of myself as a person who changes by means of my personal history
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§3.3
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p.82
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4010
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In later utilitarianism the modern stress on freedom leads to the rejection of paternalism
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§3.3
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p.82
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4009
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Nominalists defended the sovereignty of God against the idea of natural existing good and evil
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Pref
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p.-3
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4002
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My aim is to map the connections between our sense of self and our moral understanding
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§13.1
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p.211
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4020
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The modern self has disengaged reason, self-exploration, and personal commitment
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§13.1
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p.212
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4021
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Willingness to risk life was the constitutive quality of the man of honour
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