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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism

9262	The mistake is to think we can prove what can only be seen directly in moral thinking [Prichard]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique

9260	Virtues won't generate an obligation, so it isn't a basis for morality [Prichard]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue

204	Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge [Plato]

189	If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught [Plato]

188	Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught [Plato]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

9259	We feel obligations to overcome our own failings, and these are not relations to other people [Prichard]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

9258	If pain were instrinsically wrong, it would be immoral to inflict it on ourselves [Prichard]