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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Aristotle and Kant on the Source of Value' and 'On Political Reactions'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

18225

If we can't reason about value, we can reason about the unconditional source of value [Korsgaard]

18228

An end can't be an ultimate value just because it is useless! [Korsgaard]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good

18224

Goodness is given either by a psychological state, or the attribution of a property [Korsgaard]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation

18233

Contemplation is final because it is an activity which is not a process [Korsgaard]

18226

For Aristotle, contemplation consists purely of understanding [Korsgaard]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

22439

There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant]

22440

Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant]