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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Freedom and Reason' and 'Life of Theseus'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus

1212	Replacing timbers on Theseus' ship was the classic illustration of the problem of growth and change [Plutarch]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

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Moral statements are imperatives rather than the avowals of emotion - but universalisable [Hare, by Glock]

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Universalised prescriptivism could be seen as implying utilitarianism [Hare, by Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

6449	The categorical imperative leads to utilitarianism [Hare, by Nagel]