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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Persons, Character and Morality' and 'The Making of a Philosopher'

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6 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

4691	If all mental life were conscious, we would be unable to see things, or to process speech [McGinn]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention

4690	If meaning is speaker's intentions, it can be reduced to propositional attitudes, and philosophy of mind [McGinn]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

23279

It is important that a person can change their character, and not just be successive 'selves' [Williams,B]

23280

Kantians have an poor account of individuals, and insist on impartiality, because they ignore character [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

23278

For utilitarians states of affairs are what have value, not matter who produced them [Williams,B]