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'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'My Philosophical Development' and 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Philosophers try to produce ethical theories because they falsely assume that ethics can be simple [Williams,B]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Intuitionism has been demolished by critics, and no longer looks interesting [Williams,B]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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The category of person is a weak basis for ethics, because it is not fixed but comes in degrees [Williams,B]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism
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The weakness of prescriptivism is shown by "I simply don't like staying at good hotels" [Williams,B]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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Some ethical ideas, such as 'treachery' and 'promise', seem to express a union of facts and values [Williams,B]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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It is an error of consequentialism to think we just aim at certain states of affairs; we also want to act [Williams,B]
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