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Full Idea
By morality, I understand a system of valuations which is contiguous with a being's conditions of life.
Clarification
'Contiguous' means alongside it at every point
Gist of Idea
Morality is a system of values which accompanies a being's life
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 36[264])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.16
A Reaction
It needs to be added that the values influence and control the life. Note that this defines morality as neither the qualities of character of virtue theory, nor the rules for conduct of deontology and utilitarianism. Morality MUST be rooted in values.
| 2141 | I suggest that we forget about trying to define goodness itself for the time being [Plato] |
| 19582 | Morality and philosophy are mutually dependent [Novalis] |
| 14784 | Ethics is the science of aims [Peirce] |
| 7136 | Morality is a system of values which accompanies a being's life [Nietzsche] |
| 8039 | Moore tries to show that 'good' is indefinable, but doesn't understand what a definition is [MacIntyre on Moore,GE] |
| 2943 | Ethics cannot be put into words [Wittgenstein] |
| 6968 | Some people think there are ethical facts, but of a 'queer' sort [Ayer] |
| 6972 | A right attitude is just an attitude one is prepared to stand by [Ayer] |
| 22445 | Morality shows murder is wrong, but not what counts as a murder [Foot] |
| 7419 | Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom [Foucault] |
| 5319 | Avoid punishment, then get rewards, avoid rejection, avoid guilt, accept contracts, follow conscience [Kohlberg, by Wilson,EO] |
| 4003 | Selfhood and moral values are inextricably intertwined [Taylor,C] |
| 20289 | Ethics is universalisable - it must involve an impartial and universal view of things [Singer] |
| 18665 | Moral problems are responsibility conflicts, needing contextual and narrative attention to relationships [Gilligan] |
| 21788 | The moral will is self-determining, but the ethical will is met in society [Houlgate] |