Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Giordano Bruno, Kongzi (Confucius) and Roger Scruton

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / a. Preconditions for ethics

4284	All moral life depends ultimately on piety, which is our recognition of our own dependence [Scruton]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics

7358	All men prefer outward appearance to true excellence [Kongzi (Confucius)]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

7362	Humans are similar, but social conventions drive us apart (sages and idiots being the exceptions) [Kongzi (Confucius)]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

18541

Beauty (unlike truth and goodness) is questionable as an ultimate value [Scruton]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

7590	Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton]