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All the ideas for 'Are Persons Bodies?', 'On the Pragmatics of Communications' and 'Moral Arguments'

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16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

3238	'Dead person' isn't a contradiction, so 'person' is somewhat vague [Williams,B]

3239	You can only really love a person as a token, not as a type [Williams,B]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

15666

To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature

22375

Moral judgements need more than the relevant facts, if the same facts lead to 'x is good' and 'x is bad' [Foot]

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

22377

Whether someone is rude is judged by agreed criteria, so the facts dictate the value [Foot]

22378

We can't affirm a duty without saying why it matters if it is not performed [Foot]

22376

Facts and values are connected if we cannot choose what counts as evidence of rightness [Foot]