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

20216

Modern moral theory concerns settling conflicts, rather than human fulfilment [Zagzebski]

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

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Freud is pessimistic about human nature; it is ambivalent motive and fantasy, rather than reason [Freud, by Murdoch]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck

20193

Moral luck means our praise and blame may exceed our control or awareness [Zagzebski]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

20199

Nowadays we doubt the Greek view that the flourishing of individuals and communities are linked [Zagzebski]