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'General Draft', 'Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit' and 'The Conquest of Happiness'
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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 / 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 / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
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Boredom is an increasingly strong motivating power [Russell]
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Life is now more interesting, but boredom is more frightening [Russell]
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Boredom always involves not being fully occupied [Russell]
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Happiness involves enduring boredom, and the young should be taught this [Russell]
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