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'Natural Goodness', 'The Reasons of Love' and 'Maxims and Reflections'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Ranking order of desires reveals nothing, because none of them may be considered important [Frankfurt]
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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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Morality isn't based on reason; moral indignation is quite unlike disapproval of irrationality [Frankfurt]
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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 / k. Ethics from nature
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Virtues are as necessary to humans as stings are to bees [Foot]
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Sterility is a human defect, but the choice to be childless is not [Foot]
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