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All the ideas for 'A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form', 'On a supposed right to lie' and 'Justice as fairness: Political not Metaphysical'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
16755 The possible Aristotelian view that forms are real and active principles is clearly wrong [Fine,K, by Pasnau]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 3. Promise Keeping
22442 If lies were ever acceptable, with would undermine all duties based on contract [Kant]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
22441 The law will protect you if you tell a truth which results in murder [Kant]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness
22406 The maximisation of happiness must be done fairly [Rawls, by Smart]