essay "Ethical Consistency"
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"Ethical Consistency" is a philosophical essay by Bernard Williams that examines the tensions between moral principles and personal integrity, questioning whether ethical theories can demand strict consistency without undermining the complexity of real moral life.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "Ethical Consistency" Context triple: [Problems of the Self, hasPart, essay "Ethical Consistency"]
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essay "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?"
"Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?" is a seminal essay by H. A. Prichard that challenges the foundations of moral philosophy by arguing that attempts to derive moral obligation from theoretical reasoning are fundamentally misguided.
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Ethics, Part I
"Ethics, Part I" is the opening section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece, where he lays out a rigorous, geometrically structured account of God or Nature as the single infinite substance underlying all reality.
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Ethics, Part II
Ethics, Part II is the second part of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical work "Ethics," focusing on the nature of the human mind and its relation to God and the body.
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An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Ethics
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Ethics is a concise, accessible introduction to moral philosophy in which Mary Warnock explores key ethical theories and contemporary moral problems for a general readership.
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Ethics for the New Millennium
Ethics for the New Millennium is a philosophical and spiritual book by the 14th Dalai Lama that outlines a universal, secular approach to compassion and moral living in the modern world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "Ethical Consistency" Target entity description: "Ethical Consistency" is a philosophical essay by Bernard Williams that examines the tensions between moral principles and personal integrity, questioning whether ethical theories can demand strict consistency without undermining the complexity of real moral life.
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A.
essay "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?"
"Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?" is a seminal essay by H. A. Prichard that challenges the foundations of moral philosophy by arguing that attempts to derive moral obligation from theoretical reasoning are fundamentally misguided.
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B.
Ethics, Part I
"Ethics, Part I" is the opening section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece, where he lays out a rigorous, geometrically structured account of God or Nature as the single infinite substance underlying all reality.
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C.
Ethics, Part II
Ethics, Part II is the second part of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical work "Ethics," focusing on the nature of the human mind and its relation to God and the body.
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D.
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Ethics
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Ethics is a concise, accessible introduction to moral philosophy in which Mary Warnock explores key ethical theories and contemporary moral problems for a general readership.
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E.
Ethics for the New Millennium
Ethics for the New Millennium is a philosophical and spiritual book by the 14th Dalai Lama that outlines a universal, secular approach to compassion and moral living in the modern world.
- F. None of above. chosen
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