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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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What knowledge is required to live well? [Plato]
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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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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 / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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Fearing death is absurd, because we are not present when it occurs [Epicurus]
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It is absurd to fear the pain of death when you are not even facing it [Epicurus]
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The wisdom that produces a good life also produces a good death [Epicurus]
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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 / e. Good as knowledge
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Only knowledge of some sort is good [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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All pleasures are good, but it is not always right to choose them [Epicurus]
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Pleasure is the goal, but as lack of pain and calm mind, not as depraved or greedy pleasure [Epicurus]
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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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Pleasure is the first good in life [Epicurus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck
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Sooner a good decision going wrong, than a bad one turning out for the good [Epicurus]
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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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The best life is not sensuality, but rational choice and healthy opinion [Epicurus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure
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True pleasure is not debauchery, but freedom from physical and mental pain [Epicurus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
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We only need pleasure when we have the pain of desire [Epicurus]
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