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All the ideas for 'works (fragments)', 'On Assertion and Indicative Conditionals' and 'Procedural republic and unencumbered self'

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8 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
14288 'If A,B' affirms that A⊃B, and also that this wouldn't change if A were certain [Jackson, by Edgington]
13769 Conditionals are truth-functional, but should only be asserted when they are confident [Jackson, by Edgington]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
5996 Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
22262 Kant's moral law has no foundation - because that would undermine its priority [Sandel]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy
22264 Modern liberal rights in democracies protect individuals against the majority [Sandel]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics
22261 Liberals say rights always come first, and justice is neutral on social values [Sandel]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism
22263 Liberal justice means the withdrawal of the self, as transcendental or as unencumbered [Sandel]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism
22805 Liberalism concerns rights, and communitarianism concerns the common good [Sandel, by Avineri/De-Shalit]