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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

1850	Without free will not only is ethical action meaningless, but also planning, commanding, praising and blaming [Aquinas]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

19769

Rational morality is OK for brainy people, but ordinary life can't rely on that [Rousseau]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

1851	Good applies to goals, just as truth applies to ideas in the mind [Aquinas]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / h. Good as benefit

19752

If we should not mistreat humans, it is mainly because of sentience, not rationality [Rousseau]