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Ideas for 'The Architecture of Theories', 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy' and 'Mathematics without Foundations'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

4114	Philosophers try to produce ethical theories because they falsely assume that ethics can be simple [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism

4128	Intuitionism has been demolished by critics, and no longer looks interesting [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

4132	The category of person is a weak basis for ethics, because it is not fixed but comes in degrees [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

4134	The weakness of prescriptivism is shown by "I simply don't like staying at good hotels" [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

4135	Some ethical ideas, such as 'treachery' and 'promise', seem to express a union of facts and values [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

4120	It is an error of consequentialism to think we just aim at certain states of affairs; we also want to act [Williams,B]