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We want people to see it as not only legitimate but right and proper that they should pursue what they see as their own well-being.

— J. L. Mackie Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (1977)

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Life is, fortunately, not a continuous application of game theory.

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Mankind is not an agent; it has no unity of decision; it is therefore not confronted with any choices.

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The difficulty of seeing how values could be objective is a fairly strong reason for thinking that they are not so.

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Morality is not to be discovered but to be made: we have to decide what moral views to adopt, what moral stands to take.

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If we admire and enjoy the flourishing of human life, we shall naturally delight also in the flourishing of animal life.

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