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Ideas for Anaximander, Philippa Foot and Thomas Aquinas
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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism
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Good actions can never be justified by the good they brings to their agent [Foot]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
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A good moral system benefits its participants, and so demands reciprocity [Foot]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 5. Free Rider
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We all know that just pretending to be someone's friend is not the good life [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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Most people think virtues can be displayed in bad actions [Foot]
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Virtues are intended to correct design flaws in human beings [Foot, by Driver]
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Actions can be in accordance with virtue, but without actually being virtuous [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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All acts of virtue relate to justice, which is directed towards the common good [Aquinas]
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Virtues are corrective, to resist temptation or strengthen motivation [Foot]
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The essential thing is the 'needs' of plants and animals, and their operative parts [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique
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Good and bad are a matter of actions, not of internal dispositions [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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Virtues can have aims, but good states of affairs are not among them [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue
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Aquinas wanted, not to escape desire, but to transform it for moral ends [Aquinas, by MacIntyre]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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Someone is a good person because of their rational will, not their body or memory [Foot]
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People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / i. Absolute virtues
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Legal justice is supreme, because it directs the other virtues to the common good [Aquinas]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
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Maybe virtues conflict with each other, if some virtue needs a vice for its achievement [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
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Some virtues imply rules, and others concern attachment [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / b. Temperance
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Temperance prevents our passions from acting against reason [Aquinas]
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Temperance is not a virtue if it results from timidity or excessive puritanism [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
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Justice directs our relations with others, because it denotes a kind of equality [Aquinas]
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The practice of justice may well need a recognition of human equality [Foot]
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Observing justice is necessary to humans, like hunting to wolves or dancing to bees [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage
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Courage overcomes the fears which should be overcome, and doesn't overvalue personal safety [Foot]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
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Saying we 'ought to be moral' makes no sense, unless it relates to some other system [Foot]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative
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Morality no more consists of categorical imperatives than etiquette does [Foot]
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Moral judgements are hypothetical, because they depend on interests and desires [Foot]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty
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We sometimes just use the word 'should' to impose a rule of conduct on someone [Foot]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
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Morality is seen as tacit legislation by the community [Foot]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism
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For consequentialism, it is irrational to follow a rule which in this instance ends badly [Foot]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action
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Refraining from murder is not made good by authenticity or self-fulfilment [Foot]
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