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'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Concluding Unscientific Postscript' and 'Virtue Ethics: an Introduction'
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function [Taylor,R]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
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The modern idea of obligation seems to have lost the idea of an obligation 'to' something [Taylor,R]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
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If we are made in God's image, pursuit of excellence is replaced by duty to obey God [Taylor,R]
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The ethics of duty requires a religious framework [Taylor,R]
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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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