Combining Philosophers

Ideas for William Paley, Leslie H. Tharp and Owen Flanagan

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism

5355	Cognitivists think morals are discovered by reason [Flanagan]

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

21837

Morality is normative because it identifies best practices among the normal practices [Flanagan]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / a. Normativity

5336	Ethics is the science of the conditions that lead to human flourishing [Flanagan]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

21830

For Darwinians, altruism is either contracts or genetics [Flanagan]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

21835

We need Eudaimonics - the empirical study of how we should flourish [Flanagan]