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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility
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Fate initiates general causes, but individual wills and characters dictate what we do [Chrysippus]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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Human purpose is to contemplate and imitate the cosmos [Chrysippus]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Stoics say justice is a part of nature, not just an invented principle [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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Trouble in life comes from copying other people, which is following convention instead of reason [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature
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Only nature is available to guide action and virtue [Chrysippus]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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Live in agreement, according to experience of natural events [Chrysippus]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / d. Health
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Humans acquired the concept of virtue from an analogy with bodily health and strength [Seneca, by Allen]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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We know death, which is like before birth; ceasing to be and never beginning are the same [Seneca]
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Living is nothing wonderful; what matters is to die well [Seneca]
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It is as silly to lament ceasing to be as to lament not having lived in the remote past [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Is anything sweeter than valuing yourself more when you find you are loved? [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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Selfishness does not produce happiness; to live for yourself, live for others [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / d. Good as virtue
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Living happily is nothing but living virtuously [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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Pleasure is not the good, because there are disgraceful pleasures [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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Justice can be preserved if pleasure is a good, but not if it is the goal [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
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Life is like a play - it is the quality that matters, not the length [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
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There are shameful pleasures, and nothing shameful is good, so pleasure is not a good [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
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We are scared of death - except when we are immersed in pleasure! [Seneca]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
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The whole point of pleasure-seeking is novelty, and abandoning established ways [Seneca]
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