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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On the Source of Necessity' and 'Morality as system of hypothetical imperatives'

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9 ideas

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 3. Modal Logic Systems / g. System S4

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S4 says there must be some necessary truths (the actual ones, of which there is at least one) [Cameron]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

6019	If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

15103

Blackburn fails to show that the necessary cannot be grounded in the contingent [Cameron]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism

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Morality is inescapable, in descriptive words such as 'dishonest', 'unjust' and 'uncharitable' [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Reason is not a motivator of morality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

23691

Rejecting moral rules may be villainous, but it isn't inconsistent [Foot]

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

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Saying we 'ought to be moral' makes no sense, unless it relates to some other system [Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

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Morality no more consists of categorical imperatives than etiquette does [Foot]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism

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The 'moving spotlight' theory makes one time privileged, while all times are on a par ontologically [Cameron]