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All the ideas for 'Material Constitution', 'talk' and 'The Will to Believe'

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7 ideas

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

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Constitution is identity (being in the same place), or it isn't (having different possibilities) [Wasserman]

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Constitution is not identity, because it is an asymmetric dependence relation [Wasserman]

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There are three main objections to seeing constitution as different from identity [Wasserman]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

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The weight of a wall is not the weight of its parts, since that would involve double-counting [Wasserman]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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Relative identity may reject transitivity, but that suggests that it isn't about 'identity' [Wasserman]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness

6570	Imagine millions made happy on condition that one person suffers endless lonely torture [James]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice

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If everyone is treated with equal injustice, at least that is fair [Morgenbesser]