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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics
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The only aim of our existence is to grasp that non-existence would be better [Schopenhauer]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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We should no more expect ethical theory to produce good people than aesthetics to produce artists [Schopenhauer]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / d. Subjective value
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Every good is essentially relative, for it has its essential nature only in its relation to a desiring will [Schopenhauer]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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Will casts aside each of its temporary fulfilments, so human life has no ultimate aim [Schopenhauer, by Scruton]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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Most people would probably choose non-existence at the end of their life, rather than relive the whole thing [Schopenhauer]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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Altruistic people make less distinction than usual between themselves and others [Schopenhauer]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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Only self-love can motivate morality, but that also makes it worthless [Schopenhauer]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good
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Saying the good is useful or choiceworth or happiness-creating is not the good, but a feature of it [Sext.Empiricus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good
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Like a warming fire, what is good by nature should be good for everyone [Sext.Empiricus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
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Happiness is the swift movement from desire to satisfaction, and then again on to desire [Schopenhauer]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
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If a desire is itself desirable, then we shouldn't desire it, as achieving it destroys it [Sext.Empiricus]
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We can never attain happiness while our will is pursuing desires [Schopenhauer]
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