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23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 2. Hedonism
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People need nothing except corn and water [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
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A contract is a mutual transfer of rights [Hobbes]
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The person who performs first in a contract is said to 'merit' the return, and is owed it [Hobbes]
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Hobbes wants a contract to found morality, but shared values are needed to make a contract [MacIntyre on Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule
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For Hobbes the Golden Rule concerns not doing things, whereas Jesus encourages active love [Hobbes, by Flanagan]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 3. Promise Keeping
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In the violent state of nature, the merest suspicion is enough to justify breaking a contract [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 4. Value of Authority
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Suspicion will not destroy a contract, if there is a common power to enforce it [Hobbes]
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Fear of sanctions is the only motive for acceptance of authority that Hobbes can think of [MacIntyre on Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 5. Free Rider
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If there is a good reason for breaking a contract, the same reason should have stopped the making of it [Hobbes]
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No one who admitted to not keeping contracts could ever be accepted as a citizen [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 7. Prisoner's Dilemma
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The first performer in a contract is handing himself over to an enemy [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies
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Someone who keeps all his contracts when others are breaking them is making himself a prey to others [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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All virtue is good, but not always praised (as in not lusting after someone ugly) [Chrysippus]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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Chrysippus says virtue can be lost (though Cleanthes says it is too secure for that) [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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Chrysippus says nothing is blameworthy, as everything conforms with the best nature [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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Virtues are a means to peaceful, sociable and comfortable living [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
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Injustice is the failure to keep a contract, and justice is the constant will to give what is owed [Hobbes]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism
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For me time stands still, and I with it [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
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The plebeians bore others; only the nobility bore themselves [Kierkegaard]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence
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Reason is just abstractions, so our essence needs a subjective 'leap of faith' [Kierkegaard, by Scruton]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
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There are aesthetic, ethical and religious subjectivity [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action
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What matters is not right choice, but energy, earnestness and pathos in the choosing [Kierkegaard]
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