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All the ideas for 'Moral Dilemmas Revisited', 'Reply to Second Objections' and 'What is Good?'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / c. Later medieval philosophy

7823	Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

3622	The Cogito is not a syllogism but a self-evident intuition [Descartes]

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

22481

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

22482

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

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / e. Honour

7809	In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

7824	If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief

7819	Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

7817	To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling]

7818	In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling]