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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 / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics
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'Externalists' say moral judgements are not reasons, and maybe not even motives [Smith,M]
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A person could make a moral judgement without being in any way motivated by it [Smith,M]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics
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Moral internalism says a judgement of rightness is thereby motivating [Smith,M]
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'Rationalism' says the rightness of an action is a reason to perform it [Smith,M]
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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 / h. Expressivism
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Expressivists count attitudes as 'moral' if they concern features of things, rather than their mere existence [Smith,M]
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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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