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All the ideas for 'Taking Rights Seriously', 'Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism' and 'Phil of Mathematics: why nothing works'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism
3663 How can you contemplate Platonic entities without causal transactions with them? [Putnam]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
22692 A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth [John,E]
22693 The works we value most are in sympathy with our own moral views [John,E]
22694 We should understand what is morally important in a story, without having to endorse it [John,E]
22695 We value morality in art because that is what we care about - but it is a contingent fact [John,E]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism
23104 Dworkin believed we should promote equality, to increase autonomy [Dworkin, by Kekes]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
23257 We can treat people as equals, or actually treat them equally [Dworkin, by Grayling]
18621 Treating people as equals is the one basic value of all plausible political theories [Dworkin, by Kymlicka]