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'General Draft', 'Treatise 2: Virtue or Moral Good' 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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We approve of actions by a superior moral sense [Hutcheson]
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We dislike a traitor, even if they give us great benefit [Hutcheson]
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The moral sense is not an innate idea, but an ability to approve or disapprove in a disinterested way [Hutcheson]
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We cannot choose our moral feelings, otherwise bribery could affect them [Hutcheson]
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Everyone feels uneasy when seeing others in pain, unless the others are evil [Hutcheson]
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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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