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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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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 / e. Death
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Fearing death is absurd, because we are not present when it occurs [Epicurus]
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It is absurd to fear the pain of death when you are not even facing it [Epicurus]
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The wisdom that produces a good life also produces a good death [Epicurus]
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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 the goal, but as lack of pain and calm mind, not as depraved or greedy pleasure [Epicurus]
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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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Pleasure is the first good in life [Epicurus]
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All pleasures are good, but it is not always right to choose them [Epicurus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck
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Sooner a good decision going wrong, than a bad one turning out for the good [Epicurus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
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The best life is not sensuality, but rational choice and healthy opinion [Epicurus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure
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True pleasure is not debauchery, but freedom from physical and mental pain [Epicurus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
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We only need pleasure when we have the pain of desire [Epicurus]
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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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