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Ideas of 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, by Text
[English, 1671 - 1713, Taught by John Locke at Oxford.]
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1699
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Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit
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p.110
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5642
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For Shaftesbury, we must already have a conscience to be motivated to religious obedience [Scruton]
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I.II.I
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p.169
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6232
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Every creature has a right and a wrong state which guide its actions, so there must be a natural end
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I.II.I
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p.172
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6233
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A person isn't good if only tying their hands prevents their mischief, so the affections decide a person's morality
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I.III.III
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p.175
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6234
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If an irrational creature with kind feelings was suddenly given reason, its reason would approve of kind feelings
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II.I.III
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p.180
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6235
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Self-interest is not intrinsically good, but its absence is evil, as public good needs it
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II.II.I
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p.182
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6236
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People more obviously enjoy social pleasures than they do eating and drinking
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II.II.I
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p.185
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6237
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Fear of God is not conscience, which is a natural feeling of offence at bad behaviour
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p.22
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The disinterested attitude of the judge is the hallmark of a judgement of beauty [Scruton]
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