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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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We tolerate inconsistency in ethics but not in other beliefs (which reflect an independent order) [Williams,B, by Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

1477	Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure

1478	Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch]