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All the ideas for 'Morality and Art', 'What is an Idea?' and 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea'

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7 ideas

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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By an 'idea' I mean not an actual thought, but the resources we can draw on to think [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

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Morality shows murder is wrong, but not what counts as a murder [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics

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A moral system must deal with the dangers and benefits of life [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value

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Saying something 'just is' right or wrong creates an illusion of fact and objectivity [Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty

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We sometimes just use the word 'should' to impose a rule of conduct on someone [Foot]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

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In the case of something lacking independence, calling it a human being is a matter of choice [Foot]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

3804	Darwin's idea was the best idea ever [Dennett]