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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Philosophers study the consequences of ethics instead of its origins [Wilson,EO]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility
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Fate initiates general causes, but individual wills and characters dictate what we do [Chrysippus]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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Human purpose is to contemplate and imitate the cosmos [Chrysippus]
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Aristotle never actually says that man is a rational animal [Aristotle, by Fogelin]
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The rules of human decision-making converge and overlap in a 'human nature' [Wilson,EO]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Stoics say justice is a part of nature, not just an invented principle [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature
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Only nature is available to guide action and virtue [Chrysippus]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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Live in agreement, according to experience of natural events [Chrysippus]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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We undermine altruism by rewarding it, but we reward it to encourage it [Wilson,EO]
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Pure hard-core altruism based on kin selection is the enemy of civilisation [Wilson,EO]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / d. Good as virtue
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Living happily is nothing but living virtuously [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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Pleasure is not the good, because there are disgraceful pleasures [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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Justice can be preserved if pleasure is a good, but not if it is the goal [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
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There are shameful pleasures, and nothing shameful is good, so pleasure is not a good [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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