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'A Short History of Ethics', 'Gorgias' and 'The Scientific Image'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / g. Will to power
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Moral rules are made by the weak members of humanity [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Sophists don't distinguish a person outside one social order from someone outside all order [MacIntyre]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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The value/fact logical gulf is misleading, because social facts involve values [MacIntyre]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds
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A good person is bound to act well, and this brings happiness [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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Is it natural to simply indulge our selfish desires? [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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In slaking our thirst the goodness of the action and the pleasure are clearly separate [Plato]
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Good should be the aim of pleasant activity, not the other way round [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
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'Happiness' is a bad translation of 'eudaimonia', which includes both behaving and faring well [MacIntyre]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
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Good and bad people seem to experience equal amounts of pleasure and pain [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
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If happiness is the satisfaction of desires, then a life of scratching itches should be happiness [Plato]
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In a fool's mind desire is like a leaky jar, insatiable in its desires, and order and contentment are better [Plato]
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