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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Good and evil are what please us; goodness and badness the powers causing them [Hobbes]
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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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Self-preservation is basic, and people judge differently about that, implying ethical relativism [Hobbes, by Tuck]
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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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