Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Roderick Firth, Thomas Nagel and Seneca the Younger
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / a. Preconditions for ethics
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Morality must be motivating, and not because of pre-moral motives [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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There is no one theory of how to act (or what to believe) [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / a. Idealistic ethics
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The supreme good is harmony of spirit [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Trouble in life comes from copying other people, which is following convention instead of reason [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value
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Total objectivity can't see value, but it sees many people with values [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / d. Health
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Humans acquired the concept of virtue from an analogy with bodily health and strength [Seneca, by Allen]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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We know death, which is like before birth; ceasing to be and never beginning are the same [Seneca]
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Living is nothing wonderful; what matters is to die well [Seneca]
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It is as silly to lament ceasing to be as to lament not having lived in the remote past [Seneca]
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We don't worry about the time before we were born the way we worry about death [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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If our own life lacks meaning, devotion to others won't give it meaning [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Is anything sweeter than valuing yourself more when you find you are loved? [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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Selfishness does not produce happiness; to live for yourself, live for others [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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Pain doesn't have a further property of badness; it gives a reason for its avoidance [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck
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Moral luck can arise in character, preconditions, actual circumstances, and outcome [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
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To be always happy is to lack knowledge of one half of nature [Seneca]
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
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Life is like a play - it is the quality that matters, not the length [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
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We are scared of death - except when we are immersed in pleasure! [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
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The whole point of pleasure-seeking is novelty, and abandoning established ways [Seneca]
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