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'works', 'Utilitarianism and the Virtues' and 'The View from Nowhere'
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value
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Total objectivity can't see value, but it sees many people with values [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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We don't worry about the time before we were born the way we worry about death [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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If our own life lacks meaning, devotion to others won't give it meaning [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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Pain doesn't have a further property of badness; it gives a reason for its avoidance [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot]
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Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot]
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Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot]
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The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot]
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