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Ideas for 'The Poetics', 'The Prince' and 'Treatise of Human Nature'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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We cannot discover vice by studying a wilful murder; that only arises from our own feelings [Hume]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

4008	Modern science has destroyed the Platonic synthesis of scientific explanation and morality [Hume, by Taylor,C]

8067	The problem of getting to 'ought' from 'is' would also apply in getting to 'owes' or 'needs' [Anscombe on Hume]

4578	You can't move from 'is' to 'ought' without giving some explanation or reason for the deduction [Hume]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest

3650	Total selfishness is not irrational [Hume]