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Single Idea 19582
[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics
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Full Idea
Without philosophy there is no true morality, and without morality no philosophy.
Gist of Idea
Morality and philosophy are mutually dependent
Source
Novalis (Logological Fragments I [1798], 21)
Book Ref
Novalis: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Stoljar,M.M. [SUNY 1997], p.53
A Reaction
Challenging! Maybe unthinking people drift in a sea of vague untethered morality, and people who seem to have a genuine moral strength are always rooted in some sort of philosophy. Maybe. Is the passion for philosophy a moral passion?
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15 ideas
with the same theme
[can we specify exactly what ethics is?]:
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2141
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I suggest that we forget about trying to define goodness itself for the time being
[Plato]
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19582
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Morality and philosophy are mutually dependent
[Novalis]
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14784
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Ethics is the science of aims
[Peirce]
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7136
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Morality is a system of values which accompanies a being's life
[Nietzsche]
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8039
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Moore tries to show that 'good' is indefinable, but doesn't understand what a definition is
[MacIntyre on Moore,GE]
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2943
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Ethics cannot be put into words
[Wittgenstein]
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6968
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Some people think there are ethical facts, but of a 'queer' sort
[Ayer]
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6972
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A right attitude is just an attitude one is prepared to stand by
[Ayer]
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22445
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Morality shows murder is wrong, but not what counts as a murder
[Foot]
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7419
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Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom
[Foucault]
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5319
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Avoid punishment, then get rewards, avoid rejection, avoid guilt, accept contracts, follow conscience
[Kohlberg, by Wilson,EO]
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4003
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Selfhood and moral values are inextricably intertwined
[Taylor,C]
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20289
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Ethics is universalisable - it must involve an impartial and universal view of things
[Singer]
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18665
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Moral problems are responsibility conflicts, needing contextual and narrative attention to relationships
[Gilligan]
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21788
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The moral will is self-determining, but the ethical will is met in society
[Houlgate]
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