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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Queries to the 'Opticks'' and 'Persons, Character and Morality'

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

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

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

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It is important that a person can change their character, and not just be successive 'selves' [Williams,B]

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Kantians have an poor account of individuals, and insist on impartiality, because they ignore character [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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For utilitarians states of affairs are what have value, not matter who produced them [Williams,B]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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Principles of things are not hidden features of forms, but the laws by which they were formed [Newton]