9 ideas
7791 | The simplest of the logics based on possible worlds is Lewis's S5 [Lewis,CI, by Girle] |
16519 | No one can conceive of a possible substance, apart from those which God has created [Arnauld] |
11002 | Equating necessity with informal provability is the S4 conception of necessity [Lewis,CI, by Read] |
22384 | A 'double effect' is a foreseen but not desired side-effect, which may be forgivable [Foot] |
22385 | The doctrine of double effect can excuse an outcome because it wasn't directly intended [Foot] |
22386 | Double effect says foreseeing you will kill someone is not the same as intending it [Foot] |
22387 | Without double effect, bad men can make us do evil by threatening something worse [Foot] |
22388 | Double effect seems to rely on a distinction between what we do and what we allow [Foot] |
22383 | Abortion is puzzling because we do and don't want the unborn child to have rights [Foot] |