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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Simone Weil and William James
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Everyone is devoted to morality, if they don't have to implement it [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / a. Idealistic ethics
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Beauty is the proof of what is good [Weil]
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Beauty, goodness and truth are only achieved by applying full attention [Weil]
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Every human yearns for an unattainable transcendent good [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics
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Evolution suggests prevailing or survival as a new criterion of right and wrong [James]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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Where human needs are satisfied we find happiness, friendship and beauty [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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In a violent moral disagreement, it can't be that both sides are just following social morality [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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We want our values to be eternal [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / e. Means and ends
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Ends, unlike means, cannot be defined, which is why people tend to pursue means [Weil]
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Power and money are supreme means, thus blinding people to ends [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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All we need are the unity of justice, truth and beauty [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / a. Normativity
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Minds essentially and always strive towards value [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / c. Life
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The sacred in every human is their expectation of good rather than evil [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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We need love to have a good death [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Everything which originates in love is beautiful [Weil]
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We should never desire the immortality of the people we love [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil
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Evil is transmitted by comforts and pleasures, but mostly by doing harm to people [Weil]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good
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If we focus on the good, our whole soul is drawn towards it [Weil]
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There are two goods - the absolute good we want, and the reachable opposite of evil [Weil]
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The good is a nothingness, and yet real [Weil]
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