Ideas from 'Treatise 4: The Moral Sense' by Francis Hutcheson [1728], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Hutcheson's Philosophical Writings' by Hutcheson,Francis (ed/tr Downie,R.S.) [Everyman 1994,0-460-87504-3]].
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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Reason is our power of finding out true propositions
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Can't the moral sense make mistakes, as the other senses do?
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
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Happiness is a pleasant sensation, or continued state of such sensations
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
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You can't form moral rules without an end, which needs feelings and a moral sense
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / a. Divine morality
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We are asked to follow God's ends because he is our benefactor, but why must we do that?
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Why may God not have a superior moral sense very similar to ours?
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