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'Of Liberty and Necessity', 'Does Moral Subjectivism Rest on a Mistake?' and 'The View from Nowhere'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism
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Non-cognitivists give the conditions of use of moral sentences as facts about the speaker [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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The mistake is to think good grounds aren't enough for moral judgement, which also needs feelings [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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Moral arguments are grounded in human facts [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value
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Total objectivity can't see value, but it sees many people with values [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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We don't worry about the time before we were born the way we worry about death [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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If our own life lacks meaning, devotion to others won't give it meaning [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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Pain doesn't have a further property of badness; it gives a reason for its avoidance [Nagel]
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