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All the ideas for 'Ethical Studies', 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes' and 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle'

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4 ideas

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]
Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]