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'On Human Nature', 'Summa Theologicae' and 'On the Introduction of Transfinite Numbers'
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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 / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics
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For humans good is accordance with reason, and bad is contrary to reason [Aquinas]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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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 / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / e. Means and ends
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We must know the end, know that it is the end, and know how to attain it [Aquinas]
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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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