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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Philosophers try to produce ethical theories because they falsely assume that ethics can be simple [Williams,B]
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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 / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Intuitionism has been demolished by critics, and no longer looks interesting [Williams,B]
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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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The category of person is a weak basis for ethics, because it is not fixed but comes in degrees [Williams,B]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism
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The weakness of prescriptivism is shown by "I simply don't like staying at good hotels" [Williams,B]
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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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