Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Modern Moral Philosophy' and 'U.S. Declaration of Independence'

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5 ideas

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

8070	It would be better to point to failings of character, than to moral wrongness of actions [Anscombe]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

8065	'Ought' and 'right' are survivals from earlier ethics, and should be jettisoned [Anscombe]

8069	Between Aristotle and us, a Judaeo-Christian legal conception of ethics was developed [Anscombe]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / b. Natural equality

20565

Men are created equal, and with certain inalienable rights [Jefferson]