Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Symposium' and 'Taking Rights Seriously'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5845	Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism

23104

Dworkin believed we should promote equality, to increase autonomy [Dworkin, by Kekes]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality

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We can treat people as equals, or actually treat them equally [Dworkin, by Grayling]

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Treating people as equals is the one basic value of all plausible political theories [Dworkin, by Kymlicka]