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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge
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Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
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Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
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Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch]
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