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All the ideas for 'works', 'on Goodman's 'Ways of Worldmaking'' and 'A Critique of Utilitarianism'

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8 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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Every worldly event, without exception, is a redistribution of microphysical states [Quine]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

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Maybe the unthinkable is a moral category, and considering some options is dishonourable or absurd [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

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Consequentialism assumes that situations can be compared [Williams,B]

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For a consequentialist massacring 7 million must be better than massacring 7 million and one [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

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We don't have a duty to ensure that others do their duty [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Utilitarianism cannot make any serious sense of integrity [Williams,B]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]