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Single Idea 2935
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
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Full Idea
There neither are nor can be actions which are the same.
Gist of Idea
No two actions are the same
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Gay (Joyful) Science [1882], §335)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Gay Science', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1974], p.265
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[there are no rules, so we must attend to details]:
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4369
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It is not universals we must perceive for virtue, but particulars, seen as intrinsically good
[Aristotle, by Achtenberg]
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5158
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Actions concern particular cases, and rules must fit the cases, not the other way round
[Aristotle]
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5237
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We cannot properly judge by rules, because blame depends on perception of particulars
[Aristotle]
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23362
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All human ills result from failure to apply preconceptions to particular cases
[Epictetus]
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20134
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Moralities extravagantly address themselves to 'all', by falsely generalising
[Nietzsche]
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24109
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Actual morality is more complicated and subtle than theory (which gets paralysed)
[Nietzsche]
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2935
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No two actions are the same
[Nietzsche]
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22475
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Moral generalisation is wrong, because we should evaluate individual acts
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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9256
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I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do
[Prichard]
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9257
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The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint
[Prichard]
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9262
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The mistake is to think we can prove what can only be seen directly in moral thinking
[Prichard]
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5908
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Prima facie duties rest self-evidently on particular circumstance
[Ross]
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18671
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The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics
[Ewing]
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22343
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If I attend properly I will have no choices
[Murdoch]
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21025
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Particularism gives no guidance for the future
[Nussbaum]
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18664
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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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20214
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Virtue theory can have lots of rules, as long as they are grounded in virtues and in facts
[Zagzebski]
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4336
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Any strict ranking of virtues or rules gets abandoned when faced with particular cases
[Hursthouse]
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