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Ideas for Menedemus, Chrysippus and Jean-Paul Sartre
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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism
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The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]
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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 2. Hedonism
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People need nothing except corn and water [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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All virtue is good, but not always praised (as in not lusting after someone ugly) [Chrysippus]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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Chrysippus says virtue can be lost (though Cleanthes says it is too secure for that) [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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Chrysippus says nothing is blameworthy, as everything conforms with the best nature [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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In becoming what we want to be we create what we think man ought to be [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage
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Cowards are responsible for their cowardice [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
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When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
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Existentialists says that cowards and heroes make themselves [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst
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Fear concerns the world, but 'anguish' comes from confronting my self [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence
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Existence before essence (or begin with the subjective) [Sartre]
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'Existence precedes essence' means we have no pre-existing self, but create it through existence [Sartre, by Le Poidevin]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
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Existentialism says man is whatever he makes of himself [Sartre]
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Authenticity is taking responsibility for a situation, with all its risks and emotions [Sartre]
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Sincerity is not authenticity, because it only commits to one particular identity [Sartre, by Aho]
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We flee from the anguish of freedom by seeing ourselves objectively, as determined [Sartre]
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It is dishonest to offer passions as an excuse [Sartre]
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Sartre gradually realised that freedom is curtailed by the weight of situation [Sartre, by Daigle]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action
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If I do not choose, that is still a choice [Sartre]
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When a man must choose between his mother and the Resistance, no theory can help [Sartre, by Fogelin]
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