Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, John Stuart Mill and John Kekes

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

3767	Motive shows the worth of the agent, but not of the action [Mill]

23097

What matters for morality is the effects of action, not the psychological causes [Kekes]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

7076	Mill wondered if he would be happy if all his aims were realised, and answered no [Mill, by Critchley]

20154

Control is the key to well-being [Kekes]

20157

Well-being needs correct attitudes and well-ordered commitments to local values [Kekes]