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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Looking for Spinoza' and 'Outline of a System of Utilitarianism'

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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Conatus is brain circuits seeking survival and well-being [Damasio]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

467	A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Negative utilitarianism implies that the world should be destroyed, to avoid future misery [Smart]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism

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Any group interested in ethics must surely have a sentiment of generalised benevolence [Smart]