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Ideas for 'Good and Evil', 'The Mirage of Social Justice' and 'On Human Nature'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

5310	Philosophers study the consequences of ethics instead of its origins [Wilson,EO]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

5313	The rules of human decision-making converge and overlap in a 'human nature' [Wilson,EO]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

5316	We undermine altruism by rewarding it, but we reward it to encourage it [Wilson,EO]

5318	Pure hard-core altruism based on kin selection is the enemy of civilisation [Wilson,EO]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

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'Good' is an attributive adjective like 'large', not predicative like 'red' [Geach, by Foot]