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All the ideas for 'Letters to Wolff', 'Of the First Principles of Government' and 'Does Moral Subjectivism Rest on a Mistake?'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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The properties of a thing flow from its essence [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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Non-cognitivists give the conditions of use of moral sentences as facts about the speaker [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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The mistake is to think good grounds aren't enough for moral judgement, which also needs feelings [Foot]

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

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Moral arguments are grounded in human facts [Foot]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

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There are two kinds of right - to power, and to property [Hume]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights

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It is an exaggeration to say that property is the foundation of all government [Hume]