8 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
22331 | Moral statements are imperatives rather than the avowals of emotion - but universalisable [Hare, by Glock] |
22484 | Universalised prescriptivism could be seen as implying utilitarianism [Hare, by Foot] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
6449 | The categorical imperative leads to utilitarianism [Hare, by Nagel] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |