Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lawrence B. Lombard, Richard Taylor and Lars Svendsen
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function [Taylor,R]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
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The modern idea of obligation seems to have lost the idea of an obligation 'to' something [Taylor,R]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
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If we are made in God's image, pursuit of excellence is replaced by duty to obey God [Taylor,R]
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The ethics of duty requires a religious framework [Taylor,R]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
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We can be unaware that we are bored [Svendsen]
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Boredom is so radical that suicide could not overcome it; only never having existed would do it [Svendsen]
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We are bored because everything comes to us fully encoded, and we want personal meaning [Svendsen]
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The profoundest boredom is boredom with boredom [Svendsen]
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