Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'Moral Beliefs' and 'Knowledge and the State of Nature'

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8 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 / 3. Value of Knowledge

23559

We have the concept of 'knowledge' as a label for good informants [Craig, by Fricker,M]

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

23683

Moral norms are objective, connected to facts about human goods [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

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

23684

Morality gives everyone reasons to act, irrespective of their desires [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

23690

We all have reason to cultivate the virtues, even when we lack the desire [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good

22379

The meaning of 'good' and other evaluations must include the object to which they attach [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]