 Findlay in many places develops this “drive for generality”. To begin, there are certain basic values that accompany all good thinking, such as clarity, consistency, and simplicity. These are essential to communication; they are “values in speaking” (1950b [LMV 105–128]), and must be deployed even by nihilists who profess contempt for logic. Secondly, there are the virtues of good scientific thinking, including avoidance of arbitrary Duhemian maneuvers and manufactured concepts like Goodman’s “grue” and  “bleen”.[7]  Thirdly, there are the virtues of good practical reasoning, including rational arbitration between the demands of present versus future selves. Like Sidgwick before him and T. Nagel after, Findlay argues that the admitting the demands of my future self but a step towards admitting the demands of other selves: