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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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2360
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'Good' is just what we desire, and 'Evil' what we hate [Hobbes]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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5070
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Socrates conservatively assumed that Athenian conventions were natural and true [Taylor,R on Socrates]
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2368
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Men's natural desires are no sin, and neither are their actions, until law makes it so [Hobbes]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / b. Successful function
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5838
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A well-made dung basket is fine, and a badly-made gold shield is base, because of function [Socrates, by Xenophon]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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2359
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Desire and love are the same, but in the desire the object is absent, and in love it is present [Hobbes]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds
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5837
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Things are both good and fine by the same standard [Socrates, by Xenophon]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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2370
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All voluntary acts aim at some good for the doer [Hobbes]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge
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3017
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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance [Socrates, by Diog. Laertius]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
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1646
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Socrates was the first to put 'eudaimonia' at the centre of ethics [Socrates, by Vlastos]
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