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Single Idea 3552
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty
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Full Idea
Supererogatory actions are admirable and valuable, and we praise people for doing them, but they do not generate obligations to perform them, which casts doubt on obligation as the basic notion in ethics.
Gist of Idea
If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic
Source
Julia Annas (The Morality of Happiness [1993], 2.6)
Book Ref
Annas,Julia: 'The Morality of Happiness' [OUP 1995], p.115
The
12 ideas
from Julia Annas
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12036
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Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge
[Annas]
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12037
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Euripides's Medea is a key case of reason versus the passions
[Annas]
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12040
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Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value
[Annas]
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12046
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Plato was the first philosopher who was concerned to systematize his ideas
[Annas]
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3541
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Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives
[Annas]
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3543
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Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness
[Annas]
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3542
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We should do good when necessary, not maximise it
[Annas]
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3546
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'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence
[Annas]
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3550
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Principles cover life as a whole, where rules just cover actions
[Annas]
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3547
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Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development
[Annas]
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3551
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Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character
[Annas]
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3552
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If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic
[Annas]
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