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All the ideas for 'Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks', 'Ethics and Language' and 'On the Basis of Morality'

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5 ideas

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Reason can be vicious, and great crimes have to be rational [Schopenhauer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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Man's three basic ethical incentives are egoism, malice and compassion [Schopenhauer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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Moral words have an inherited power from expressing attitudes in emotional situations [Stevenson,CL]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence

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It is absurd to think you can change your own essence, like a garment [Nietzsche]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

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Philosophy treats animals as exploitable things, ignoring the significance of their lives [Schopenhauer]