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Ideas for Eubulides, Jeremy Bentham and Peter Singer
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics
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Ethics is universalisable - it must involve an impartial and universal view of things [Singer]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Following an inner voice for morality is irresponsible in a rational agent [Singer]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / c. Life
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The sanctity of a human life depends either on being of our species, or on being a person [Singer]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / c. Right and good
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Is 'productive of happiness' the definition of 'right', or the cause of it? [Ross on Bentham]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / h. Good as benefit
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'Marginal utility' says something is more useful if it is in short supply [Singer]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure
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Of Bentham's 'dimensions' of pleasure, only intensity and duration matter [Ross on Bentham]
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Prejudice apart, push-pin has equal value with music and poetry [Bentham]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
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Pleasure and pain control all human desires and duties [Bentham]
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