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Ideas for Herodotus, David Hume and Thomas Hobbes

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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism
3929 No moral theory is of any use if it doesn't serve the interests of the individual concerned [Hume]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
2371 A contract is a mutual transfer of rights [Hobbes]
2372 The person who performs first in a contract is said to 'merit' the return, and is owed it [Hobbes]
8015 Hobbes wants a contract to found morality, but shared values are needed to make a contract [MacIntyre on Hobbes]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule
5337 For Hobbes the Golden Rule concerns not doing things, whereas Jesus encourages active love [Hobbes, by Flanagan]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 3. Promise Keeping
2374 In the violent state of nature, the merest suspicion is enough to justify breaking a contract [Hobbes]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 4. Value of Authority
2375 Suspicion will not destroy a contract, if there is a common power to enforce it [Hobbes]
8016 Fear of sanctions is the only motive for acceptance of authority that Hobbes can think of [MacIntyre on Hobbes]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 5. Free Rider
2379 If there is a good reason for breaking a contract, the same reason should have stopped the making of it [Hobbes]
2377 No one who admitted to not keeping contracts could ever be accepted as a citizen [Hobbes]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 7. Prisoner's Dilemma
2373 The first performer in a contract is handing himself over to an enemy [Hobbes]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies
2382 Someone who keeps all his contracts when others are breaking them is making himself a prey to others [Hobbes]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
3925 Personal Merit is the possession of useful or agreeable mental qualities [Hume]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
2383 Virtues are a means to peaceful, sociable and comfortable living [Hobbes]
4580 All virtues benefit either the public, or the individual who possesses them [Hume]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
2376 Injustice is the failure to keep a contract, and justice is the constant will to give what is owed [Hobbes]
23560 If we all naturally had everything we could ever desire, the virtue of justice would be irrelevant [Hume]
3922 Justice only exists to support society [Hume]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
21093 Friendship without community spirit misses out on the main part of virtue [Hume]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
3918 Moral philosophy aims to show us our duty [Hume]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty
3919 Conclusions of reason do not affect our emotions or decisions to act [Hume]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
3928 Virtue just requires careful calculation and a preference for the greater happiness [Hume]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism
3923 No one would cause pain to a complete stranger who happened to be passing [Hume]
3924 Nature makes private affections come first, because public concerns are spread too thinly [Hume]