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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect' and 'The Conquest of Happiness'

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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
Some reasonings are stronger than we are [Philolaus]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / b. Double Effect
A 'double effect' is a foreseen but not desired side-effect, which may be forgivable [Foot]
The doctrine of double effect can excuse an outcome because it wasn't directly intended [Foot]
Double effect says foreseeing you will kill someone is not the same as intending it [Foot]
Without double effect, bad men can make us do evil by threatening something worse [Foot]
Double effect seems to rely on a distinction between what we do and what we allow [Foot]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
A happy and joyous life must largely be a quiet life [Russell]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
Boredom always involves not being fully occupied [Russell]
Happiness involves enduring boredom, and the young should be taught this [Russell]
Boredom is an increasingly strong motivating power [Russell]
Life is now more interesting, but boredom is more frightening [Russell]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
Abortion is puzzling because we do and don't want the unborn child to have rights [Foot]