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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Philosophers study the consequences of ethics instead of its origins [Wilson,EO]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism
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429
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To God (though not to humans) all things are beautiful and good and just [Heraclitus]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics
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Good and evil are the same thing [Heraclitus, by Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics
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Genetic behaviours that have enhanced human success include aggression, rape and xenophobia [Wilson,EO, by Okasha]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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5313
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The rules of human decision-making converge and overlap in a 'human nature' [Wilson,EO]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / e. Means and ends
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419
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If one does not hope, one will not find the unhoped-for, since nothing leads to it [Heraclitus]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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5316
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We undermine altruism by rewarding it, but we reward it to encourage it [Wilson,EO]
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Pure hard-core altruism based on kin selection is the enemy of civilisation [Wilson,EO]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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415
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If happiness is bodily pleasure, then oxen are happy when they have vetch to eat [Heraclitus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
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It is hard to fight against emotion, but harder still to fight against pleasure [Heraclitus]
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