Ideas from 'A Short History of Ethics' by Alasdair MacIntyre [1967], by Theme Structure

[found in 'A Short History of Ethics' by MacIntyre,Alasdair [Routledge 1967,0-415-04027-2]].

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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought

8013	In the Reformation, morality became unconditional but irrational, individually autonomous, and secular

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

8021	The Levellers and the Diggers mark a turning point in the history of morality

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

8006	When Aristotle speaks of soul he means something like personality

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

8002	Sophists don't distinguish a person outside one social order from someone outside all order

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

8012	The value/fact logical gulf is misleading, because social facts involve values

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

8005	'Happiness' is a bad translation of 'eudaimonia', which includes both behaving and faring well

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice

8001	'Dikaiosune' is justice, but also fairness and personal integrity

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

8023	My duties depend on my identity, which depends on my social relations

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / a. Natural freedom

8022	I am naturally free if I am not tied to anyone by a contract

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

8031	Fans of natural rights or laws can't agree on what the actual rights or laws are

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 5. Bible

8008	The Bible is a story about God in which humans are incidental characters