Ideas of 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, by Theme
[English, 1671 - 1713, Taught by John Locke at Oxford.]
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude
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The disinterested attitude of the judge is the hallmark of a judgement of beauty [Scruton]
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22. Metaethics / B. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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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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22. Metaethics / B. The Good / 3. Pleasure / d. Sources of pleasure
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People more obviously enjoy social pleasures than they do eating and drinking
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22. Metaethics / C. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Fear of God is not conscience, which is a natural feeling of offence at bad behaviour
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22. Metaethics / C. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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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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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism
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Self-interest is not intrinsically good, but its absence is evil, as public good needs it
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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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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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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For Shaftesbury, we must already have a conscience to be motivated to religious obedience [Scruton]
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