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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics
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Some people think there are ethical facts, but of a 'queer' sort [Ayer]
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A right attitude is just an attitude one is prepared to stand by [Ayer]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Moral theories are all meta-ethical, and are neutral as regards actual conduct [Ayer]
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Moral judgements cannot be the logical consequence of a moral philosophy [Ayer]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Plato never refers to examining the conscience [Plato, by Foucault]
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I would describe intuitions of good as feelings of approval [Ayer]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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Approval of historical or fictional murders gives us leave to imitate them [Ayer]
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Moral judgements are not expressions, but are elements in a behaviour pattern [Ayer]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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As religion and convention collapsed, Plato sought morals not just in knowledge, but in the soul [Williams,B on Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good
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Plato's legacy to European thought was the Good, the Beautiful and the True [Plato, by Gray]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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Pleasure is better with the addition of intelligence, so pleasure is not the good [Plato, by Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
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Plato decided that the virtuous and happy life was the philosophical life [Plato, by Nehamas]
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