9 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 22371 | Determinism threatens free will if actions can be causally traced to external factors [Foot] |
| 22372 | Not all actions need motives, but it is irrational to perform troublesome actions with no motive [Foot] |
| 22693 | The works we value most are in sympathy with our own moral views [John,E] |
| 22694 | We should understand what is morally important in a story, without having to endorse it [John,E] |
| 22695 | We value morality in art because that is what we care about - but it is a contingent fact [John,E] |
| 22692 | A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth [John,E] |
| 22373 | People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |