Cording to Sidgwick, the aim of a philosopher is:

a. to merely define common moral opinions.
b. to show how people ought to think.
c. to transcend common sense. d. "to merely define common moral opinions" and "to show how people ought tothink."
e. "to show how people ought to think" and "to transcend common sense."


e

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