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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Principle Doctrines ('Kuriai Doxai') (frags)' and 'Utilitarianism'

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29 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
14519 It is a great good to show reverence for a wise man [Epicurus]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
14518 In the study of philosophy, pleasure and knowledge arrive simultaneously [Epicurus]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
14524 Bodies are combinations of shape, size, resistance and weight [Epicurus]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism
14521 If everything is by necessity, then even denials of necessity are by necessity [Epicurus]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
3772 The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire [Mill]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
3769 With early training, any absurdity or evil may be given the power of conscience [Mill]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
3767 Motive shows the worth of the agent, but not of the action [Mill]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / c. Value of happiness
14522 What happens to me if I obtain all my desires, and what if I fail? [Epicurus]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
3563 Pleasure and virtue entail one another [Epicurus]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
3560 Justice is merely a contract about not harming or being harmed [Epicurus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
467 A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
3771 Virtues only have value because they achieve some further end [Mill]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
14517 We value our own character, whatever it is, and we should respect the characters of others [Epicurus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
14513 Justice is a pledge of mutual protection [Epicurus]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
3768 Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory [Mill]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
3764 Actions are right if they promote pleasure, wrong if they promote pain [Mill]
3776 Utilitarianism only works if everybody has a totally equal right to happiness [Mill]
7202 The English believe in the task of annihilating evil for the victory of good [Nietzsche on Mill]
5935 Mill's qualities of pleasure is an admission that there are other good states of mind than pleasure [Ross on Mill]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 2. Ideal of Pleasure
3766 Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied [Mill]
3765 Only pleasure and freedom from pain are desirable as ends [Mill]
3763 Ultimate goods such as pleasure can never be proved to be good [Mill]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism
3770 General happiness is only desirable because individuals desire their own happiness [Mill]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism
6697 Moral rules protecting human welfare are more vital than local maxims [Mill]
24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights
3774 Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence [Mill]
3773 No individual has the right to receive our benevolence [Mill]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract
14515 A law is not just if it is not useful in mutual associations [Epicurus]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
3775 A right is a valid claim to society's protection [Mill]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
14520 It is small-minded to find many good reasons for suicide [Epicurus]