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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics
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At a civilisation's peak values are all that matters, and people unconsciously live by them [Cioran]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics
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Human defects are just like plant or animal defects [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature
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Humans need courage like a plant needs roots [Foot]
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Concepts such as function, welfare, flourishing and interests only apply to living things [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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Values don't accumulate; they are ruthlessly replaced [Cioran]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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There is no fact-value gap in 'owls should see in the dark' [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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Principles are not ultimate, but arise from the necessities of human life [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / a. Normativity
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If you demonstrate the reason to act, there is no further question of 'why should I?' [Foot]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Lovers are hateful, apart from their hovering awareness of death [Cioran]
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