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Single Idea 3543
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 3. Cyrenaic School
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Full Idea
Cyrenaics claimed our final good was pleasure, best achieved by seeking maximum intensity of pleasurable experiences, but they explicitly admitted that this was not happiness.
Gist of Idea
Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness
Source
Julia Annas (The Morality of Happiness [1993], 1)
Book Ref
Annas,Julia: 'The Morality of Happiness' [OUP 1995], p.38
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12036
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Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge
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12037
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Euripides's Medea is a key case of reason versus the passions
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12040
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Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value
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12046
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Plato was the first philosopher who was concerned to systematize his ideas
[Annas]
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3541
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Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives
[Annas]
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3543
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Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness
[Annas]
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3542
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We should do good when necessary, not maximise it
[Annas]
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3546
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'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence
[Annas]
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3550
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Principles cover life as a whole, where rules just cover actions
[Annas]
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3547
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Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development
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3551
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Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character
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3552
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If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic
[Annas]
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