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'Parmenides', 'Utilitarianism' and 'Eudemian Ethics'
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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Virtue is different from continence [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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Excellence is the best state of anything (like a cloak) which has an employment or function [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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Virtues only have value because they achieve some further end [Mill]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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Character (éthos) is developed from habit (ethos) [Aristotle]
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Character virtues (such as courage) are of the non-rational part, which follows the rational part [Aristotle]
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Character is shown by what is or is not enjoyed, and virtue chooses the mean among them [Aristotle]
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We judge character not by their actions, but by their reasons for actions [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean
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People sometimes exhibit both extremes together, but the mean is contrary to both of them [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / h. Right feelings
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Possessors of a virtue tend to despise what reason shows to be its opposite [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
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Greatness of soul produces all the virtues - and vice versa [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / b. Temperance
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If someone just looks at or listens to beautiful things, they would not be thought intemperate [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage
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Courage follows reason, which tells us to choose what is noble [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / e. Honour
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Honour depends on what it is for, and whether it is bestowed by worthy people [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / a. External goods
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Goods in the soul are more worthy than those outside it, as everybody wants them [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
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Friendship cannot be immediate; it takes time, and needs testing [Aristotle]
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Decent people can be friends with base people [Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
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Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory [Mill]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
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Utilitarianism only works if everybody has a totally equal right to happiness [Mill]
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The English believe in the task of annihilating evil for the victory of good [Nietzsche on Mill]
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Mill's qualities of pleasure is an admission that there are other good states of mind than pleasure [Ross on Mill]
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Actions are right if they promote pleasure, wrong if they promote pain [Mill]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 2. Ideal of Pleasure
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Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied [Mill]
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Ultimate goods such as pleasure can never be proved to be good [Mill]
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Only pleasure and freedom from pain are desirable as ends [Mill]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism
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General happiness is only desirable because individuals desire their own happiness [Mill]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism
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Moral rules protecting human welfare are more vital than local maxims [Mill]
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