Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Wealth of Nations' and 'On Political Reactions'

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5 ideas

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism

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People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

467	A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion]

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

22439

There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant]

22440

Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

20680

Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari]