Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Brains and Behaviour', 'The Methods of Ethics (7th edn)' and 'Springs of Action'

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6 ideas

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]

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 4. Behaviourism Critique

3460	Superactors and superspartans count against behaviourism [Putnam, by Searle]

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory

20057

Philosophy of action studies the roles of psychological states in causing behaviour [Mele]

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]