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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Universals and Particulars' and 'Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect'

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8 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication

4442	Most thinkers now reject self-predication (whiteness is NOT white) so there is no Third Man problem [Armstrong]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / b. Double Effect

22384

A 'double effect' is a foreseen but not desired side-effect, which may be forgivable [Foot]

22385

The doctrine of double effect can excuse an outcome because it wasn't directly intended [Foot]

22386

Double effect says foreseeing you will kill someone is not the same as intending it [Foot]

22387

Without double effect, bad men can make us do evil by threatening something worse [Foot]

22388

Double effect seems to rely on a distinction between what we do and what we allow [Foot]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

22383

Abortion is puzzling because we do and don't want the unborn child to have rights [Foot]