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'Protagoras', 'fragments/reports' and 'In Defense of Absolute Essentialism'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics
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Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil
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No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / h. Good as benefit
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Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
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The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
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Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [Plato]
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People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato]
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