Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. "Kant’s outward life was wholly uneventful. He never traveled more than forty miles from his birthplace in the eighty years of his life, and his townspeople would set their watches as he came into view during his daily constitutional." [...]
More quotes from the Leviathan Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. "The RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature." (224) [...]
Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679) Excerpts from Leviathan “There be in animals, two sorts of motions peculiar to them: one called vital…the other is animal motion, otherwise called voluntary motion.” (218-219) “These small beginnings of motion…when it is toward something which causes it, is called [...]
Interesting how many ideals from Stoic philosophy can be found in later interpretations of Xtianity…and in AA. Good read if death bothers you. Also fun if you compare to zennish ideals. Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. "Of things some are in our power, and [...]
Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. Epicurus These quotes touch on many common themes we have seen in PHI101: Philosophy as a spiritual or developmental quest Being careful to ascribe attributes to a thing Short term v. long term pleasures The “happy” life Friendship The [...]
More quotes… "Since virtue is concerned with passions and actions, and on voluntary passions and actions praise and blame are bestowed, on those that are involuntary pardon, and sometimes also pity, to distinguish the voluntary and the involuntary is presumable necessary for those who are studying the nature of virtue, and useful also for legislators [...]
More quotes for my students. Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. "Intellectual virtue in the main owes both its birth and its growth to teaching (for which reason it requires experience and time), while moral virtue comes about as a result of habit, whence also [...]
Quotes for my students studying virtue ethics. Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. Excerpts from Aristotle’s The Nichomachean Ethics "Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly [...]
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 [...]
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.) [...]