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All the ideas for 'Moral Dilemmas Revisited', 'Laches' and 'Morals and Modals'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

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

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If we are told the source of necessity, this seems to be a regress if the source is not already necessary [Blackburn]

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If something underlies a necessity, is that underlying thing necessary or contingent? [Blackburn, by Hale/Hoffmann,A]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / a. Dilemmas

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There is no restitution after a dilemma, if it only involved the agent, or just needed an explanation [Foot, by PG]

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I can't understand how someone can be necessarily wrong whatever he does [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]