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All the ideas for 'On the Natural Faculties', 'On the Pragmatics of Communications' and 'The Methods of Ethics (7th edn)'

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6 ideas

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties

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We just use the word 'faculty' when we don't know the psychological cause [Galen]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

23111

If we say that freedom depends on rationality, the irrational actions are not free [Sidgwick]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

15666

To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

23059

Self-interest is not rational, if the self is just a succession of memories and behaviour [Sidgwick, by Gray]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

4129	It is self-evident (from the point of view of the Universe) that no individual has more importance than another [Sidgwick]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 4. Social Utilitarianism

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Sidwick argues for utilitarian institutions, rather than actions [Sidgwick, by Tuckness/Wolf]