Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Roman Law', 'Lectures on Ethics' and 'An Argument for the Identity Theory'

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4 ideas

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism

7441	Experiences are defined by their causal role, and causal roles belong to physical states [Lewis]

7442	'Pain' contingently names the state that occupies the causal role of pain [Lewis]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / a. Right to punish

7294	No crime and no punishment without a law [Roman law]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

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The maxim for suicide is committed to the value of life, and is thus contradictory [Kant]