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Ideas for 'Protagoras', 'The Methods of Ethics (7th edn)' and 'The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding'

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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

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Self-interest is not rational, if the self is just a succession of memories and behaviour [Sidgwick, by Gray]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue

188	Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught [Plato]

204	Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge [Plato]

189	If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught [Plato]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

4129	It is self-evident (from the point of view of the Universe) that no individual has more importance than another [Sidgwick]