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All the ideas for 'Works of Love', 'Sententia on 'De Caelo'' and 'Rationality and Virtue'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy aims to know the truth about the way things are [Aquinas]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

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Possessing the virtue of justice disposes a person to good practical rationality [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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Calling a knife or farmer or speech or root good does not involve attitudes or feelings [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

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Perfect love is not in spite of imperfections; the imperfections must be loved as well [Kierkegaard]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue

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The essential thing is the 'needs' of plants and animals, and their operative parts [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice

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Observing justice is necessary to humans, like hunting to wolves or dancing to bees [Foot]