Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Plutarch, Confucius and Edmund Husserl

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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 / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

1477	Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

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Only facts follow from facts [Husserl]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure

1478	Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch]