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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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How can intuitionists distinguish universal convictions from local cultural ones? [Hare]
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You can't use intuitions to decide which intuitions you should cultivate [Hare]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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Emotivists mistakenly think all disagreements are about facts, and so there are no moral reasons [Hare]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism
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Prescriptivism sees 'ought' statements as imperatives which are universalisable [Hare]
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If morality is just a natural or intuitive description, that leads to relativism [Hare]
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Descriptivism say ethical meaning is just truth-conditions; prescriptivism adds an evaluation [Hare]
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If there can be contradictory prescriptions, then reasoning must be involved [Hare]
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An 'ought' statement implies universal application [Hare]
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Prescriptivism implies a commitment, but descriptivism doesn't [Hare]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Some say slavery is unnatural and created by convention, and is therefore forced, and unjust [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Spirit [thumos] is the capacity by which we love [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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Selfishness is wrong not because it is self-love, but because it is excessive [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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The function of good men is to confer benefits [Aristotle]
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