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Ideas for 'Logical Consequence', 'Animal Rights and Wrongs' and 'Causality and Explanation'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / a. Preconditions for ethics

4284	All moral life depends ultimately on piety, which is our recognition of our own dependence [Scruton]
	Full Idea: The three forms of moral life (respect for persons, the pursuit of virtue and natural sympathy) all depend, in the last analysis, on piety, which is the deep-down recognition of our frailty and dependence.
	From: Roger Scruton (Animal Rights and Wrongs [1996], p.56)
	A reaction: MacIntyre agrees. 'Piety' is an odd word, which attempts to link the point to religious teachings. 'Dependence' seems an adequate term. But can fully independent creatures dispense with morality? I think not.