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All the ideas for 'Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong', 'The Xunzi' and 'Theses on Feuerbach'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
5300 Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
5297 Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory [Marx]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct
22598 The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual [Marx, by Dunt]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism
4761 The 'error theory' of morals says there is no moral knowledge, because there are no moral facts [Mackie, by Engel]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
5298 The human essence is not found in individuals but in social relations [Marx]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue
23405 Rituals escape natural chaos, and benefit everyone, by reshaping our motivations [Xunzi (Xun Kuang), by Norden]
23406 Rituals don't arise from human nature; they are the deliberate creations of a sage [Xunzi (Xun Kuang)]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
5299 Religious feeling is social in origin [Marx]