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All the ideas for 'Introductions to Utilitarianism and its Critics', 'Predest.,God's foreknowledge and contingents' and 'works'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / b. Type theory
6409 The 'simple theory of types' distinguishes levels among properties [Ramsey, by Grayling]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
16654 Our words and concepts don't always correspond to what is out there [William of Ockham]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs
3212 Beliefs are maps by which we steer [Ramsey]
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]