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'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Concluding Unscientific Postscript' and 'Persons, Character and Morality'
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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It is important that a person can change their character, and not just be successive 'selves' [Williams,B]
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Kantians have an poor account of individuals, and insist on impartiality, because they ignore character [Williams,B]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
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For utilitarians states of affairs are what have value, not matter who produced them [Williams,B]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
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While big metaphysics is complete without ethics, personal philosophy emphasises ethics [Kierkegaard]
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Speculative philosophy loses the individual in a vast vision of humanity [Kierkegaard]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
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People want to lose themselves in movements and history, instead of being individuals [Kierkegaard]
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Becoming what one is is a huge difficulty, because we strongly aspire to be something else [Kierkegaard]
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