9 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
22384 | A 'double effect' is a foreseen but not desired side-effect, which may be forgivable [Foot] |
22385 | The doctrine of double effect can excuse an outcome because it wasn't directly intended [Foot] |
22386 | Double effect says foreseeing you will kill someone is not the same as intending it [Foot] |
22387 | Without double effect, bad men can make us do evil by threatening something worse [Foot] |
22388 | Double effect seems to rely on a distinction between what we do and what we allow [Foot] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
20543 | 'Social justice' is a confused idea, and inequalities need no justification [Hayek, by Swift] |
22383 | Abortion is puzzling because we do and don't want the unborn child to have rights [Foot] |