More quotes from Plato’s Republic for my philosophy students. Themes include: The Just Man Virtue Social Contract Theory Conceptual Analysis Human Nature The sin of inaction Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. Melden, "Socrates holds that in moral conduct also there is a measure which [...]
Kant’s CI as a "Golden Rule" is sometimes a pet peeve of people who study Kant. From one of the buried discussions…A somewhat common interpretation of Kant is that his Categorical Imperative is an expression of the Golden Rule — Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This is not bad [...]
Some semi-random thoughts on John Stuart Mill Tyranny There is both “tyranny of the majority” (either through legal democracies imposing restriction upon individuals who do not wish to conform, or through social pressures and opinions) and a tyranny of the minority (either legally through a constitutional republic or an accumulation of wealth, power, influence, etc.) [...]