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All the ideas for 'Utilitarianism and the Virtues', 'Comment on Armstrong and Forrest' and 'A General Principle to Explain Laws of Nature'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

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Philosophy is sanctified, because it flows from God [Leibniz]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

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We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals

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The main rivals to universals are resemblance or natural-class nominalism, or sparse trope theory [Lewis]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object

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We could not uphold a truthmaker for 'Fa' without structures [Lewis]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

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Inequality can be brought infinitely close to equality [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

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Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot]

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Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot]

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Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot]

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The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Morality is seen as tacit legislation by the community [Foot]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism

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For consequentialism, it is irrational to follow a rule which in this instance ends badly [Foot]