Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding' and 'Morality as system of hypothetical imperatives'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

7910	Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

19261

Understanding is seeing coherent relationships in the relevant information [Kvanvig]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism

22392

Morality is inescapable, in descriptive words such as 'dishonest', 'unjust' and 'uncharitable' [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

23685

Reason is not a motivator of morality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

23691

Rejecting moral rules may be villainous, but it isn't inconsistent [Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

22391

Saying we 'ought to be moral' makes no sense, unless it relates to some other system [Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

22389

Morality no more consists of categorical imperatives than etiquette does [Foot]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7909	The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven

7908	At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha]