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'Paradoxes: Form and Predication', 'A Short History of Decay' and 'Human, All Too Human'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics
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At a civilisation's peak values are all that matters, and people unconsciously live by them [Cioran]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility
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The history of morality rests on an error called 'responsibility', which rests on an error called 'free will' [Nietzsche]
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Ceasing to believe in human responsibility is bitter, if you had based the nobility of humanity on it [Nietzsche]
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It is absurd to blame nature and necessity; we should no more praise actions than we praise plants or artworks [Nietzsche]
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Nietzsche said the will doesn't exist, so it can't ground moral responsibility [Nietzsche, by Foot]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics
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Intellect is tied to morality, because it requires good memory and powerful imagination [Nietzsche]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / f. Übermensch
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Originally it was the rulers who requited good for good and evil for evil who were called 'good' [Nietzsche]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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Values don't accumulate; they are ruthlessly replaced [Cioran]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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No one has ever done anything that was entirely for other people [Nietzsche]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Simultaneous love and respect are impossible; love has no separation or rank, but respect admits power [Nietzsche]
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Lovers are hateful, apart from their hovering awareness of death [Cioran]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds
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We get enormous pleasure from tales of noble actions [Nietzsche]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
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We can only achieve happy moments, not happy eras [Nietzsche]
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