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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'I.39 On Solitude' and 'The Methods of Ethics (7th edn)'

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6 ideas

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

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If we say that freedom depends on rationality, the irrational actions are not free [Sidgwick]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure

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We must fight fiercely to hang on to the few pleasures which survive into old age [Montaigne]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

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Self-interest is not rational, if the self is just a succession of memories and behaviour [Sidgwick, by Gray]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

4129	It is self-evident (from the point of view of the Universe) that no individual has more importance than another [Sidgwick]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 4. Social Utilitarianism

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Sidwick argues for utilitarian institutions, rather than actions [Sidgwick, by Tuckness/Wolf]