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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On a supposed right to lie' and 'Moral Realism and Moral Dilemma'

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5 ideas

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 3. Promise Keeping

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If lies were ever acceptable, with would undermine all duties based on contract [Kant]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue

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Maybe virtues conflict with each other, if some virtue needs a vice for its achievement [Foot]

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

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The law will protect you if you tell a truth which results in murder [Kant]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]