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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 5. Free Rider
3896 Any social theory of morality has the problem of the 'free rider', who only pretends to join in [Scruton]
     Full Idea: Any attempt to provide a social justification of morality runs the risk of the 'free rider' - one who pretends to play the game in order to enjoy the fruits of it.
     From: Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 20.6)
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
591 Excellence is a sort of completion [Aristotle]
     Full Idea: Excellence is a sort of completion.
     From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1021b19)
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
625 Is excellence separate from things, or part of them, or both? [Aristotle]
     Full Idea: Does the universe possess goodness and excellence as something separated and by itself, or because of its arrangement? But why should it not be both ways?
     From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1075a14)
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation
621 Contemplation is a supreme pleasure and excellence [Aristotle]
     Full Idea: Contemplation is a supreme pleasure and excellence.
     From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1072b22)
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
3886 Membership is the greatest source of obligation [Scruton]
     Full Idea: Membership is the greatest source of obligation.
     From: Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 11.2)
     A reaction: An interesting and rather Aristotelian idea. The alternative is individual debt or obligation.
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative
3895 The categorical imperative is not just individual, but can be used for negotiations between strangers [Scruton]
     Full Idea: The categorical imperative is also an instrument of negotiation and compromise between strangers, through which they can rise out of enmity and confront each other as equals.
     From: Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 20.6)