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'works', 'Protagoras' and 'On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum')'
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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 / 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 / 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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