33 ideas
20981 | What justifies reliance on reason? Is it just a tool? Why is it better than blind belief? [Sen] |
20982 | In politics and ethics, scrutiny from different perspectives is essential for objectivity [Sen] |
20990 | Rationality is conformity to reasons that can be sustained even after scrutiny [Sen] |
21005 | A human right is not plausible if public scrutiny might reject it [Sen] |
20983 | The original position insures that the agreements reached are fair [Sen] |
20987 | The veil of ignorance encourages neutral interests, but not a wider view of values [Sen] |
22809 | The social contract sees society as constituted by and for individuals [Taylor,C] |
20984 | A social contract limits the pursuit of justice to members of a single society [Sen] |
20986 | A person's voice may count because of their interests, or because of their good sense [Sen] |
21001 | Famines tend to be caused by authoritarian rule [Sen] |
21002 | Effective democracy needs tolerant values [Sen] |
20979 | Democracy needs more than some institutions; diverse sections of the people must be heard [Sen] |
20999 | Democracy as 'government by discussion' now has wide support [Sen] |
22811 | Assigning a right based on a human capacity implies that the capacity should be developed [Taylor,C] |
22815 | If freedom depends on society and culture, the greatest freedom is in shaping them [Taylor,C] |
22814 | Our reliance on other people close to us does not imply any political obligations [Taylor,C] |
20993 | Eradicating smallpox does not impoverish nature [Sen] |
20998 | Freedom can involve capabilities, independence and non-interference [Sen] |
20995 | Capabilities are part of freedom, involving real opportunities [Sen] |
20997 | The need for equality among people arises from impartiality and objectivity [Sen] |
20996 | All modern theories of justice demand equality of something [Sen] |
22810 | A right is not just a rule, but also asserts certain ideas of moral worth [Taylor,C] |
22812 | For most people the primacy of rights mainly concerns freedom [Taylor,C] |
20988 | Freedom from torture or terrorist attacks is independent of citizenship [Sen] |
22813 | Property is not essential for life, but it may be essential for independence [Taylor,C] |
21000 | If justice needs public reasoning, which needs democracy, then justice and democracy are linked [Sen] |
20980 | You don't need a complete theory of justice to see that slavery is wrong [Sen] |
20978 | Practical justice concerns not only ideals, but ways to achieve them [Sen] |
20985 | Our institutions should promote justice, rather than embodying it [Sen] |
20994 | We must focus on removing manifest injustice, not just try to design a perfect society [Sen] |
23417 | If the state is neutral, there won't be sufficient community to support a welfare state [Taylor,C, by Kymlicka] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |