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Ideas for Hesiod, Laozi (Lao Tzu) and Will Kymlicka
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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The highest virtue is achieved without effort [Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
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Maybe the particularist moral thought of women is better than the impartial public thinking of men [Kymlicka]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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To gain in goodness, treat as good those who are good, and those who are not [Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / g. Desires
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There is no crime greater than having too many desires [Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
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Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
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Utilitarianism is not a decision-procedure; choice of the best procedure is an open question [Kymlicka]
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One view says start with equality, and infer equal weight to interests, and hence maximum utility [Kymlicka]
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A second view says start with maximising the good, implying aggregation, and hence equality [Kymlicka]
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