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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics
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At a civilisation's peak values are all that matters, and people unconsciously live by them [Cioran]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics
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'Externalists' say moral judgements are not reasons, and maybe not even motives [Smith,M]
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A person could make a moral judgement without being in any way motivated by it [Smith,M]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics
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Moral internalism says a judgement of rightness is thereby motivating [Smith,M]
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'Rationalism' says the rightness of an action is a reason to perform it [Smith,M]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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Expressivists count attitudes as 'moral' if they concern features of things, rather than their mere existence [Smith,M]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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Is valuing something a matter of believing or a matter of desiring? [Smith,M]
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Values don't accumulate; they are ruthlessly replaced [Cioran]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Lovers are hateful, apart from their hovering awareness of death [Cioran]
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