Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Eucleides, T.H. Green and Edmund O. Wilson
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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 / 2. Source of Ethics / a. Idealistic ethics
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The good life aims at perfections, or absolute laws, or what is absolutely desirable [Green,TH]
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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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What is distinctive of human life is the desire for self-improvement [Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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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 / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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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 / b. Types of good
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The chief good is unity, sometimes seen as prudence, or God, or intellect [Eucleides]
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