Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Autobiography', 'Power/Knowledge' and 'Moral Philosophy meets social psychology'

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6 ideas

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

5122	Maybe consequentialism is a critique of ordinary morality, rather than describing it [Harman]

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

7076	Mill wondered if he would be happy if all his aims were realised, and answered no [Mill, by Critchley]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

5123	Maybe there is no such thing as character, and the virtues and vices said to accompany it [Harman]

5124	If a person's two acts of timidity have different explanations, they are not one character trait [Harman]

5125	Virtue ethics might involve judgements about the virtues of actions, rather than character [Harman]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

8991	Foucault can't accept that power is sometimes decent and benign [Foucault, by Scruton]