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'Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit', 'The Rediscovery of the Mind' and 'Letters to Oldenburg'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism
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Whether nature is beautiful or orderly is entirely in relation to human imagination [Spinoza]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Fear of God is not conscience, which is a natural feeling of offence at bad behaviour [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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If an irrational creature with kind feelings was suddenly given reason, its reason would approve of kind feelings [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / b. Successful function
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The function of a heart depends on what we want it to do [Searle]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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A person isn't good if only tying their hands prevents their mischief, so the affections decide a person's morality [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / d. Sources of pleasure
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People more obviously enjoy social pleasures than they do eating and drinking [Shaftesbury]
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