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All the ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'works' and 'A Critique of Utilitarianism'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
16771 A composite is a true unity if all of its parts fall under one essence [Scheibler]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance
10710 We accept substance, to avoid infinite backwards chains of meaning [Wittgenstein, by Potter]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
22410 Maybe the unthinkable is a moral category, and considering some options is dishonourable or absurd [Williams,B]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
22408 Consequentialism assumes that situations can be compared [Williams,B]
22411 For a consequentialist massacring 7 million must be better than massacring 7 million and one [Williams,B]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
22409 We don't have a duty to ensure that others do their duty [Williams,B]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
22407 Utilitarianism cannot make any serious sense of integrity [Williams,B]