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All the ideas for 'Morality, Action, and Outcome', 'fragments/reports' and 'Toward a Philosophy of History'

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10 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)

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For man, being is not what he is, but what he is going to be [Ortega y Gassett]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / b. Double Effect

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We see a moral distinction between doing and allowing to happen [Foot]

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We see a moral distinction between our aims and their foreseen consequences [Foot]

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Acts and omissions only matter if they concern doing something versus allowing it [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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Instead of having a nature, man only has a history [Ortega y Gassett]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism

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A good moral system benefits its participants, and so demands reciprocity [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue

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Virtues can have aims, but good states of affairs are not among them [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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Some virtues imply rules, and others concern attachment [Foot]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]