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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom' and 'The Virtues and Human Nature'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
6851 We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions
23146 Motives produce intentions, which lead to actions [Driver]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
468 Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics
6850 Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
23144 Virtue should be defined by consequences, not by states of mind [Driver]
23148 Virtues are character traits or dispositions which produce good consequences for others [Driver]
23150 Control of pregnancy and knowledge of paternity have downgraded chastity [Driver]
23147 Good intentions are not necessary for virtue [Driver]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
23149 If generosity systematically turned recipients into parasites, it wouldn't be a virtue [Driver]