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All the ideas for 'talk', 'Philosophy' and 'Utilitarianism and the Virtues'

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21 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth
22462 We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First
23888 Knowledge is beyond question, as an unavoidable component of thinking [Weil]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
7352 Jesus said learning was unnecessary, and only the spirit of the Law was needed [Jesus, by Johnson,P]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art
23887 Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others [Weil]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
6289 Love your enemies [Jesus]
6292 Love thy neighbour as thyself [Jesus]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
22458 Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot]
22460 Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot]
22461 Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot]
22464 The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule
5356 Treat others as you would have them treat you [Jesus]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 4. Value of Authority
6286 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy [Jesus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
6290 Except ye become as little children, ye shall not enter heaven [Jesus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / h. Right feelings
6287 If you lust after a woman, you have committed adultery [Jesus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
6285 Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth [Jesus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
6288 Don't resist evil, but turn the other cheek [Jesus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth
6293 It is almost impossible for the rich to go to heaven [Jesus]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
22463 Morality is seen as tacit legislation by the community [Foot]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism
22459 For consequentialism, it is irrational to follow a rule which in this instance ends badly [Foot]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
6291 No one is good except God [Jesus]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
7351 Jesus turned the ideas of Hillel into a theology reduced to its moral elements [Jesus, by Johnson,P]