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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'How to be a Liberal' and 'Evil and Omnipotence'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
21959 Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism
21958 Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / d. General will
22594 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
22602 Over several centuries a set of eight main liberal values was established [Dunt]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / d. Liberal freedom
22596 No government, or the whole nation, can control an individual beyond legitimate scope [Dunt]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique
22603 Laissez-faire liberalism failed to give people the protections and freedoms needed for a good life [Dunt]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 14. Nationalism
22592 Nationalism pretends that we can only have a single identity [Dunt]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil
1472 The propositions that God is good and omnipotent, and that evil exists, are logically contradictory [Mackie, by PG]
1473 Is evil an illusion, or a necessary contrast, or uncontrollable, or necessary for human free will? [Mackie, by PG]