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'works (fragments)', 'Lives of Eminent Philosophers' 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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4127
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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 / k. Ethics from nature
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Zeno said live in agreement with nature, which accords with virtue [Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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Since we are essentially rational animals, living according to reason is living according to nature [Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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The goal is to 'live in agreement', according to one rational consistent principle [Zeno of Citium, by Stobaeus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure
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Cyrenaic pleasure is a motion, but Epicurean pleasure is a condition [Diog. Laertius]
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