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Ideas of Gordon Graham, by Text
[British, b.1949, At St Andrews University, then Professor at Aberdeen.]
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2004
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Eight Theories of Ethics
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Ch.1
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p.3
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6685
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'Subjectivism' is an extension of relativism from the social group to the individual
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Ch.5
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p.85
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Life is only absurd if you expected an explanation and none turns up
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Ch.5
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p.85
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6689
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The key to existentialism: the way you make choices is more important than what you choose
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Ch.5
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p.86
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6690
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A standard problem for existentialism is the 'sincere Nazi'
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Ch.5
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p.96
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It is more plausible to say people can choose between values, than that they can create them
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Ch.6
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p.114
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6693
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'What if everybody did that?' rather misses the point as an objection to cheating
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Ch.7
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p.139
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6698
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Negative consequences are very hard (and possibly impossible) to assess
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Ch.7
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p.140
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The chain of consequences may not be the same as the chain of responsibility
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Ch.7
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p.143
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6700
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We can't criticise people because of unforeseeable consequences
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Ch.7
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p.144
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6701
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Rescue operations need spontaneous benevolence, not careful thought
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Ch.9
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p.176
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6704
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Egoism submits to desires, but cannot help form them
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Ch.9
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p.178
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Existentialism may transcend our nature, unlike eudaimonism
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Ch.9
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p.190
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6706
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The great religions are much more concerned with the religious life than with ethics
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Ch.9
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p.198
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Western religion saves us from death; Eastern religion saves us from immortality
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