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All the ideas for 'Concerning the Trinity', 'No Moral Difference' and 'The Conquest of Happiness'

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7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
There are two sorts of category - referring to things, and to circumstances of things [Boethius]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
A happy and joyous life must largely be a quiet life [Russell]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
Life is now more interesting, but boredom is more frightening [Russell]
Boredom is an increasingly strong motivating power [Russell]
Happiness involves enduring boredom, and the young should be taught this [Russell]
Boredom always involves not being fully occupied [Russell]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 2. Euthanasia
If it is desirable that a given patient die, then moral objections to killing them do not apply [Rachels]
It has become normal to consider passive euthanasia while condemning active euthanasia [Rachels]