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All the ideas for 'What is so bad about Contradictions?', 'Utilitarianism and the Virtues' and 'Explanation in Mathematics'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

9123	Someone standing in a doorway seems to be both in and not-in the room [Priest,G, by Sorensen]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

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We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

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Essences are no use in mathematics, if all mathematical truths are necessary [Mancosu]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

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Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot]

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Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot]

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Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot]

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The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Morality is seen as tacit legislation by the community [Foot]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism

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For consequentialism, it is irrational to follow a rule which in this instance ends badly [Foot]