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'Reply to Hellman', 'Politics' and 'Moral Thinking: Its Levels,Method and Point'
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism
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Hare says I acquire an agglomeration of preferences by role-reversal, leading to utilitarianism [Hare, by Williams,B]
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If we have to want the preferences of the many, we have to abandon our own deeply-held views [Williams,B on Hare]
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If morality is to be built on identification with the preferences of others, I must agree with their errors [Williams,B on Hare]
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A judgement is presciptive if we expect it to be acted on [Hare]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Some say slavery is unnatural and created by convention, and is therefore forced, and unjust [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Spirit [thumos] is the capacity by which we love [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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Selfishness is wrong not because it is self-love, but because it is excessive [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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The function of good men is to confer benefits [Aristotle]
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