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All the ideas for 'The Definition of Good', 'Causality and Explanation' and 'How to be a Liberal'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Salmon's mechanisms are processes and interactions, involving marks, or conserved quantities [Salmon, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism

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The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics [Ewing]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / d. General will

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In 1794 France all individual and legal rights were suppressed by the general will [Dunt]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics

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Over several centuries a set of eight main liberal values was established [Dunt]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / d. Liberal freedom

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No government, or the whole nation, can control an individual beyond legitimate scope [Dunt]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique

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Laissez-faire liberalism failed to give people the protections and freedoms needed for a good life [Dunt]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 14. Nationalism

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Nationalism pretends that we can only have a single identity [Dunt]