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All the ideas for 'Intro to Principles of Morals and Legislation', 'fragments/reports' and 'talk'

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12 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

10152

Set theory and logic are fairy tales, but still worth studying [Tarski]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

10151

I am a deeply convinced nominalist [Tarski]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / c. Right and good

5901	Is 'productive of happiness' the definition of 'right', or the cause of it? [Ross on Bentham]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure

5934	Of Bentham's 'dimensions' of pleasure, only intensity and duration matter [Ross on Bentham]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure

3777	Pleasure and pain control all human desires and duties [Bentham]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 2. Ideal of Pleasure

3554	Bentham thinks happiness is feeling good, but why use morality to achieve that? [Annas on Bentham]

3781	The value of pleasures and pains is their force [Bentham]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / d. General will

3778	The community's interest is a sum of individual interests [Bentham]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

20280

Large mature animals are more rational than babies. But all that really matters is - can they suffer? [Bentham]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

3779	Unnatural, when it means anything, means infrequent [Bentham]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

3780	We must judge a thing morally to know if it conforms to God's will [Bentham]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3029	Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius]