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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics
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Moore tries to show that 'good' is indefinable, but doesn't understand what a definition is [MacIntyre on Moore,GE]
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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 / a. Idealistic ethics
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The Open Question argument leads to anti-realism and the fact-value distinction [Boulter on Moore,GE]
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The naturalistic fallacy claims that natural qualties can define 'good' [Moore,GE]
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Moore cannot show why something being good gives us a reason for action [MacIntyre on Moore,GE]
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Can learning to recognise a good friend help us to recognise a good watch? [MacIntyre on Moore,GE]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Moore's combination of antinaturalism with strong supervenience on the natural is incoherent [Hanna on Moore,GE]
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Despite Moore's caution, non-naturalists incline towards intuitionism [Moore,GE, by Smith,M]
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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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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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