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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Fear of God is not conscience, which is a natural feeling of offence at bad behaviour [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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Freud is pessimistic about human nature; it is ambivalent motive and fantasy, rather than reason [Freud, by Murdoch]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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If an irrational creature with kind feelings was suddenly given reason, its reason would approve of kind feelings [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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A person isn't good if only tying their hands prevents their mischief, so the affections decide a person's morality [Shaftesbury]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / d. Sources of pleasure
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People more obviously enjoy social pleasures than they do eating and drinking [Shaftesbury]
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