| Section | Para | |
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| 0 | | Preliminaries |
| 1 | Explanations in moral philosophy. |
| 2 | Complete reductive explanations. |
| 3 | Proposal to consider whether there could be a complete reductive explanation of moral language. |
| A | | On 'analytic' moral philosophy |
| A1 | The unsatisfactory nature of 'analytic' moral philosophy. |
| A2 | An 'analytic' philosopher concerns himself with analytic truths. |
| A3 | There may be few analytic truths. |
| A4 | Analytic moral truths may not be helpful. |
| A5 | Morals must be understood as a kind of value system. |
| A6 | For a full understanding one must not regard the language as fixed. |
| B | | Getting beyond language |
| B1 | not a question about language |
| B2 | cannot be made precise |
| B3 | answer precise relatives |
| B4 | keep your eye on the ball |
| C | | A digression about writing |
| C1 | thinking |
| C2 | the insolubility of interesting problems |
| C3 | putting thoughts on paper |
| C4 | thinking in the medium |
| C5 | disposing of preconceptions |
| C6 | making a life of it |
| D | | Morality and anarchy |
| D1 | back to the point |
| D2 | clarifying the question |
| D3 | the connection with anarchism |
| E | | Anarchism as a 'Philosophy of life' |
| E1 | an unfettered outpouring |
| E2 | personal, moral and political anarchism |
| F | | Reformulating the question |
| F1 | characteristics of moral systems |
| F2 | not necessarily necessary |
| F3 | initial reformulation |
| F4 | what kind of necessity? |
| F5 | prudential necessity, pros and cons |
| G | | Value systems, apparent and professed |
| G1 | defining apparent and professed values |
| G2 | how to discover them |
| G3 | considered as estimates |
| G4 | true values may be distinct |
| H | | Is a value system necessary? |
| H1 | to whom? |
| H2 | considered in terms of logical necessity |
| H3 | is it logically necessary that an individual have an apparent value system? |
| H4 | an actual value system? |
| H5 | dire consequences |
| N | | Lecturer's comments |
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