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'A Puzzle about Belief', 'Human Nature' and 'Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism
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The 'error theory' of morals says there is no moral knowledge, because there are no moral facts [Mackie, by Engel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / c. Value of happiness
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Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes]
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