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All the ideas for 'Introductions to Utilitarianism and its Critics', 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom' and 'Nietzsche and Philosophy'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

6851	We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

21899

There is no being beyond becoming [Deleuze]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics

6850	Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

3785	You can't separate acts from the people performing them [Glover]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / h. Good as benefit

3786	Aggression in defence may be beneficial but morally corrupting [Glover]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

3784	Duty prohibits some acts, whatever their consequences [Glover]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

3782	Satisfaction of desires is not at all the same as achieving happiness [Glover, by PG]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism

3787	Rule-utilitarianism is either act-utilitarianism, or not really utilitarian [Glover]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 2. Population / a. Human population

3783	How can utilitarianism decide the ideal population size? [Glover]