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Ideas for Anon (Dham), Rosalind Hursthouse and Aristippus the younger

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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism
3025 For a Cyrenaic no one is of equal importance to himself [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 3. Cyrenaic School
3019 No one pleasure is different from or more pleasant than another [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
3021 The Cyrenaics asserted that corporeal pleasures were superior to mental ones [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
4359 When it comes to bringing up children, most of us think that the virtues are the best bet [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
20195 Eudaimonia first; virtue is a trait which promotes it; right acts are what virtues produce [Hursthouse, by Zagzebski]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
4336 Any strict ranking of virtues or rules gets abandoned when faced with particular cases [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique
4334 Virtue ethics is open to the objection that it fails to show priority among the virtues [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / a. Natural virtue
4361 Good animals can survive, breed, feel characteristic pleasure and pain, and contribute to the group [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
4349 Virtuous people may not be fully clear about their reasons for action [Hursthouse]
4352 Performing an act simply because it is virtuous is sufficient to be 'morally motivated' or 'dutiful' [Hursthouse]
4353 If moral motivation is an all-or-nothing sense of duty, how can children act morally? [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
7897 The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)]
7896 The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / h. Right feelings
4346 The emotions of sympathy, compassion and love are no guarantee of right action or acting well [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / i. Absolute virtues
4339 According to virtue ethics, two agents may respond differently, and yet both be right [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
4354 Maybe in a deeply poisoned character none of their milder character traits could ever be a virtue [Hursthouse]
4364 Being unusually virtuous in some areas may entail being less virtuous in others [Hursthouse]
4356 We are puzzled by a person who can show an exceptional virtue and also behave very badly [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
7895 Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)]
3027 Cyrenaics say wise men are self-sufficient, needing no friends [Aristippus young, by Diog. Laertius]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
4327 Deontologists do consider consequences, because they reveal when a rule might apply [Hursthouse]
4335 'Codifiable' morality give rules for decisions which don't require wisdom [Hursthouse]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
4328 Preference utilitarianism aims to be completely value-free, or empirical [Hursthouse]
4343 We are torn between utilitarian and deontological views of lying, depending on the examples [Hursthouse]
4338 Deontologists usually accuse utilitarians of oversimplifying hard cases [Hursthouse]