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'Metaphysics', 'Nicomachean Ethics' and 'Daodejing (Tao Te Ching)'
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19 ideas
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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For Aristotle 'good' means purpose, and value is real but relational [Achtenberg on Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / e. Means and ends
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We desire final things just for themselves, and not for the sake of something else [Aristotle]
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How can an action be intrinsically good if it is a means to 'eudaimonia'? [Ackrill on Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / b. Successful function
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15772
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A thing's active function is its end [Aristotle]
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33
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Each named function has a distinctive excellence attached to it [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / d. Health
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5154
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Excess and deficiency are bad for virtue, just as they are for bodily health [Aristotle]
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5268
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Disreputable pleasures are only pleasant to persons with diseased perception [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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One with no use for life is wiser than one who values it [Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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The more virtuous and happy a person is, the worse the prospect becomes of ending life [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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90
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All altruism is an extension of self-love [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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5263
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Most people want to be loved rather than to love, because they desire honour [Aristotle]
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5262
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Only lovable things are loved, and they must be good, or pleasant, or useful [Aristotle]
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Do good to him who has done you an injury [Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds
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Good people enjoy virtuous action, just as musicians enjoy beautiful melodies [Aristotle]
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101
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Slaves can't be happy, because they lack freedom [Aristotle]
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Oxen, horses and children cannot be happy, because they cannot perform fine deeds [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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The best people exercise their virtue towards others, rather than to themselves [Aristotle]
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92
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Self-love benefits ourselves, and also helps others [Aristotle]
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For Aristotle, true self-love is love of the higher parts of one's soul [Aristotle, by Annas]
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