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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5845	Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

22458

Consequentialists can hurt the innocent in order to prevent further wickedness [Foot]

22460

Why might we think that a state of affairs can be morally good or bad? [Foot]

22461

Good outcomes are not external guides to morality, but a part of virtuous actions [Foot]

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The idea of a good state of affairs has no role in the thought of Aristotle, Rawls or Scanlon [Foot]