7 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
4921 | Quantum states in microtubules could bind brain activity to produce consciousness [Penrose] |
5122 | Maybe consequentialism is a critique of ordinary morality, rather than describing it [Harman] |
5123 | Maybe there is no such thing as character, and the virtues and vices said to accompany it [Harman] |
5124 | If a person's two acts of timidity have different explanations, they are not one character trait [Harman] |
5125 | Virtue ethics might involve judgements about the virtues of actions, rather than character [Harman] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |