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All the ideas for 'Clitophon', 'Vindication of Religion (extract)' and 'Killing and Letting Die'

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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / c. Omissions

4692	It is not true that killing and allowing to die (or acts and omissions) are morally indistinguishable [Foot]

4694	Making a runaway tram kill one person instead of five is diverting a fatal sequence, not initiating one [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

1590	The just man does not harm his enemies, but benefits everyone [Plato]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / h. Respect

1460	Religious experience deserves the same respect as our other key experiences, and is best called 'holy' [Taylor,AE, by PG]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

4693	The right of non-interference (with a 'negative duty'), and the right to goods/services ('positive') [Foot]