Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Immanuel Kant and John Kekes
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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We are bound to regret some values we never aspired to [Kekes]
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Kant focuses exclusively on human values, and neglects cultural and personal values [Kekes on Kant]
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There are far more values than we can pursue, so they are optional possibilities [Kekes]
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Innumerable values arise for us, from our humanity, our culture, and our individuality [Kekes]
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Cultural values are interpretations of humanity, conduct, institutions, and evaluations [Kekes]
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The big value problems are evil (humanity), disenchantment (cultures), and boredom (individuals) [Kekes]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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We cannot derive moral laws from experience, as it is the mother of illusion [Kant]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / d. Subjective value
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Our rational choices confer value, arising from the sense that we ourselves are important [Kant, by Korsgaard]
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Values are created by human choices, and are not some intrinsic quality, out there [Kant, by Berlin]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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Kant may rate two things as finally valuable: having a good will, and deserving happiness [Orsi on Kant]
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An autonomous agent has dignity [Würde], which has absolute worth [Kant, by Pinkard]
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The good will is unconditionally good, because it is the only possible source of value [Kant, by Korsgaard]
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Good or evil cannot be a thing, but only a maxim of action, making the person good or evil [Kant]
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What is contemplated must have a higher value than contemplation [Kant, by Korsgaard]
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Only a good will can give man's being, and hence the world, a final purpose [Kant]
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The love of man is required in order to present the world as a beautiful and perfect moral whole [Kant]
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All morality directs the will to love of others' ends, and respect for others' rights [Kant]
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Our attitudes include what possibilities we value, and also what is allowable, and unthinkable [Kekes]
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Unconditional commitments are our most basic convictions, saying what must never be done [Kekes]
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Doing the unthinkable damages ourselves, so it is more basic than any value [Kekes]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / a. Normativity
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We only understand what exists, and can find no sign of what ought to be in nature [Kant]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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We may claim noble motives, but we cannot penetrate our secret impulses [Kant]
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Reverence is awareness of a value which demolishes my self-love [Kant]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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The duty of love is to makes the ends of others one's own [Kant]
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Love should be partial, and discriminate in favour of its object [Kekes]
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Sentimental love distorts its object [Kekes]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil
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Evil is not deviation from the good, any more than good is a deviation from evil [Kekes]
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Evil isn't explained by nature, by monsters, by uncharacteristic actions, or by society [Kekes]
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