Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Ethical Studies', 'Prescriptivism' and 'Reasons for Actions and Desires'

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4 ideas

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

22393

I don't understand the idea of a reason for acting, but it is probably the agent's interests or desires [Foot]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

2854	Prescriptivism says 'ought' without commitment to act is insincere, or weakly used [Hooker,B]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5655	Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule

2856	Universal moral judgements imply the Golden Rule ('do as you would be done by') [Hooker,B]