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All the ideas for 'The Life of Reason', 'Habermas' and 'On the Law of War'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy

8000	He who is ignorant of the history of philosophy is doomed to repeat it [Santayana, by MacIntyre]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

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One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

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The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars

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Leaders can only attack foreigners who have done wrong (as with their own subjects) [Vitoria]

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The only just cause for a war is a wrong received [Vitoria]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / c. Combatants

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Princes should not justify a war to their subjects, and doing so would undermine the state [Vitoria]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / d. Non-combatants

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Sacking a city is lawful if it motivates the attacking troops [Vitoria]