Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'reports', 'talk' and 'Intro to 'Creating the Kingdom of Ends''

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7 ideas

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

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

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem

7296	'Grue' is not a colour [Milsted]

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 4. Persons as Agents

9757	A person viewed as an agent makes no sense without its own future [Korsgaard]

9758	To make sense of personal identity, focus on agency rather than experience [Korsgaard]

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory

9759	Theory of action focuses on explanation and prediction; practical action on justification and choice [Korsgaard]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest

9760	Self-concern may be a source of pain, or a lack of self-respect, or a failure of responsibility [Korsgaard]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

9761	Personal concern for one's own self widens out into concern for the impersonal [Korsgaard]