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Monday, July 13, 2009

"Ethics" by Frank Chapman Sharp,1928

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A volition is right if a reflective,
benevolent person would desire it to control the action of men ;
right action aims at the general welfare.
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Morality is a reflective,rational affair ;
it involves in interplay between what we take to be right at the time
and what we learn to be right.
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Good will and ill will conflict in moral consideration ;
men have both selfish and unselfish inclinations,
and ethics must take this fact into account.
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Objectivity in morality can be gained by relating rightness to values ;
the formalities are mistaken in supposing that
rightness is a function of universally applicable rules of conduct.
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The good is the desirable,
and the desirable is what would be desired were one jugding
reflectively on the basis of relevant information.
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Pleasure is always good-in-itself,
worth having for its own sake ;
right action aims at the general happiness.
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