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All the ideas for 'Morals and Modals', 'On Political Reactions' and 'Anselm's Argument'

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

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If we are told the source of necessity, this seems to be a regress if the source is not already necessary [Blackburn]

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If something underlies a necessity, is that underlying thing necessary or contingent? [Blackburn, by Hale/Hoffmann,A]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

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There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant]

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Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

1422	God's existence is either necessary or impossible, and no one has shown that the concept of God is contradictory [Malcolm]