Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'reports', 'Making It Explicit' and 'Outline of a System of Utilitarianism'

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4 ideas

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts

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Facts can't make claims true, because they are true claims [Brandom, by Kusch]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Negative utilitarianism implies that the world should be destroyed, to avoid future misery [Smart]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism

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Any group interested in ethics must surely have a sentiment of generalised benevolence [Smart]