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All the ideas for 'The Methods of Ethics (7th edn)', 'The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences' and 'The Search After Truth'

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7 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
16669 Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience
20643 Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]
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]
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
20588 Sidwick argues for utilitarian institutions, rather than actions [Sidgwick, by Tuckness/Wolf]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
12726 In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche]