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Comment author: fubarobfusco 18 May 2013 06:42:01AM *  13 points [-]

Is this an accurate summary or restatement?

  1. A system of morals should endorse its adherents teaching it to other people; it should not be exclusive or socially self-undermining. You should not think, "I mustn't teach the true morality to those people, because the world will be worse if I did."
  2. People who learn a system of morals should subsequently behave better, according to that system's own evaluation; it should not be personally self-undermining. You should not think, "Wow, I wish I had never learned about the true morality; since believing it, I've become worse at what it says I should do!"
  3. A system of morals should actually talk about actions, not just about believing that system; it should not be solafideist.
  4. A system of morals should not be for its own sake.
Comment author: buybuydandavis 20 May 2013 09:01:38AM 1 point [-]

On 1, is that some other people, or all other people?