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Full Idea
We need a critique of moral values; the value of these values themselves must just be called in question.
Gist of Idea
We must question the very value of moral values
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (On the Genealogy of Morals [1887], Pre f§3)
Book Ref
Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Elbow Room - Free will worth wanting' [MIT 1999], p.46
A Reaction
But we must start somewhere with values, to avoid an infinite regress.
| 7358 | All men prefer outward appearance to true excellence [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 12294 | Good and evil are the same thing [Heraclitus, by Aristotle] |
| 3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
| 6040 | There is no universal goal to human life [Aenesidemus, by Photius] |
| 20234 | Morality prevents us from developing better customs [Nietzsche] |
| 3793 | We must question the very value of moral values [Nietzsche] |
| 23731 | 'Externalists' say moral judgements are not reasons, and maybe not even motives [Smith,M] |
| 23732 | A person could make a moral judgement without being in any way motivated by it [Smith,M] |