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Ideas for 'Protagoras', 'Prescriptivism' and 'What are Sets and What are they For?'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

2854	Prescriptivism says 'ought' without commitment to act is insincere, or weakly used [Hooker,B]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil

202	No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil [Plato]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / h. Good as benefit

193	Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men [Plato]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure

197	Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [Plato]

200	People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato]