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'Natural Goodness', 'What is Analytic Philosophy?' and 'The Elements of Law'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Good and evil are what please us; goodness and badness the powers causing them [Hobbes]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics
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Moral reason is not just neutral, because morality is part of the standard of rationality [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]
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Practical rationality must weigh both what is morally and what is non-morally required [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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Moral virtues arise from human nature, as part of what makes us good human beings [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Self-preservation is basic, and people judge differently about that, implying ethical relativism [Hobbes, by Tuck]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature
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Sterility is a human defect, but the choice to be childless is not [Foot]
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Virtues are as necessary to humans as stings are to bees [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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Moral evaluations are not separate from facts, but concern particular facts about functioning [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / c. Right and good
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Hobbes shifted from talk of 'the good' to talk of 'rights' [Hobbes, by Tuck]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
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Deep happiness usually comes from the basic things in life [Foot]
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Happiness is enjoying the pursuit and attainment of right ends [Foot]
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