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All the ideas for 'On the Soul (frags)', 'Utilitarianism and the Virtues' and 'Truth and Method'

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10 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

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We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Only language is understandable Being [Gadamer]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

5997	Dicaearchus said soul does not exist, but is just a configuration of the body [Dicaearchus, by Fortenbaugh]

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

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Facts don't oppose values; they are integrated into each person's aspirations [Gadamer, by Zimmermann,J]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

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Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot]

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Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot]

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Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot]

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The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Morality is seen as tacit legislation by the community [Foot]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism

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For consequentialism, it is irrational to follow a rule which in this instance ends badly [Foot]