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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Moral Luck' and 'Absolute Necessities'

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11 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Absolute necessity might be achievable either logically or metaphysically [Hale]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity

8261	Maybe not-p is logically possible, but p is metaphysically necessary, so the latter is not absolute [Hale]

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'Relative' necessity is just a logical consequence of some statements ('strong' if they are all true) [Hale]

15081

A strong necessity entails a weaker one, but not conversely; possibilities go the other way [Hale]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity

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Metaphysical necessity says there is no possibility of falsehood [Hale]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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Logical necessities are true in virtue of the nature of all logical concepts [Hale]

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'Broadly' logical necessities are derived (in a structure) entirely from the concepts [Hale]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts

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Conceptual necessities are made true by all concepts [Hale]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 5. Controlling Beliefs

3271	We can't control our own beliefs [Nagel]

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

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck

3272	Moral luck can arise in character, preconditions, actual circumstances, and outcome [Nagel]