Meta-Ethics Flashcards
naturalism
ethical theories that hold that morals are part of the world and can be recognised or observed in some way
intuitionism
ethical theoreis that hold that moral knowledge is received in a different way from science and logic
emotivism
ethical theories that hold that moral statements are not statements of fact but are either beliefs or emotions
moral realists
ethical language can have true meaning. The words we use are meaningful because they have a factual basis
moral anti-realists
ethical language can not be meaningful. The words can’t have meaning because they are not subject to being true or false.
F.H Bradley
(N) we can observe our universal and concrete duty through observation of society and our place within it
Foot
(N) ‘moral evil is a kind of natural defect’
Aquinas
(N) we can perceive morals from the purpose of life that we see in the world
Popper
(N) what ever cause least pain is most morally correct
Bentham
(N) what ever causes most happiness is most morally correct
Fletcher
(N) what ever fulfils the most agape is correct
Hume’s critique of naturalism
“you can’t make an ought from an is”
Name all 6 naturalist scholars
F.H Bradley, Foot, Aquinas, Popper, Bentham, Fletcher
G.E Moore
(I) good cannot be define just as yellow cannot be define -> we simply know when we see good
Nietzsche’s counter to G.E Moore
could be ‘intuition blind’
