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'The Really Hard Problem', 'Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit' and 'Review of 'The Price is Wrong' by B.Christophers'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Fear of God is not conscience, which is a natural feeling of offence at bad behaviour [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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If an irrational creature with kind feelings was suddenly given reason, its reason would approve of kind feelings [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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Morality is normative because it identifies best practices among the normal practices [Flanagan]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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For Darwinians, altruism is either contracts or genetics [Flanagan]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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A person isn't good if only tying their hands prevents their mischief, so the affections decide a person's morality [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
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We need Eudaimonics - the empirical study of how we should flourish [Flanagan]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / d. Sources of pleasure
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People more obviously enjoy social pleasures than they do eating and drinking [Shaftesbury]
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