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'Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit', 'Platonistic Theories of Universals' and 'The Virtues and Human Nature'
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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism
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Self-interest is not intrinsically good, but its absence is evil, as public good needs it [Shaftesbury]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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Good intentions are not necessary for virtue [Driver]
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Virtue should be defined by consequences, not by states of mind [Driver]
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Virtues are character traits or dispositions which produce good consequences for others [Driver]
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Control of pregnancy and knowledge of paternity have downgraded chastity [Driver]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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Every creature has a right and a wrong state which guide its actions, so there must be a natural end [Shaftesbury]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
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If generosity systematically turned recipients into parasites, it wouldn't be a virtue [Driver]
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