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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Proof that every set can be well-ordered' and 'The Limits of Communitarianism'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
20768 Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / e. Countable infinity
15897 Zermelo realised that Choice would facilitate the sort of 'counting' Cantor needed [Zermelo, by Lavine]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean
3049 The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
3549 Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / b. Against communitarianism
22265 I can't defend the view that the majority values of a community are thereby right [Sandel]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
22267 In the liberal view an insult to my group doesn't hurt me, since I'm defined by choices not groups [Sandel]
22268 If persons define themselves by a group membership, insults to that group are a real harm [Sandel]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 2. Religion in Society
22266 The case for religious liberty depends on the religion contributing to a morally good life [Sandel]