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All the ideas for 'Free Will as Involving Determinism', 'Law, Pragmatism and Democracy' and 'On 'Generation and Corruption''

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 9. Qualities

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Whiteness isn't created in an alteration, because it is just this-being-white [Oresme]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

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Determinism threatens free will if actions can be causally traced to external factors [Foot]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

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Not all actions need motives, but it is irrational to perform troublesome actions with no motive [Foot]

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

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People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy

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Democracy is competition for support of the people, guided by self-interest on all sides [Posner]