meta ethics

Question 1

what is ment by meta ethics

Answer 1

study or moral terms and judgements - what they actually mean and where they come from
instead of asking if something is right or wrong meta ethics asks how do we know that - origins
language- define meaning of language - how
meta- “beyond” ethics deeper
definng langue

Question 2

three meta ethical theories

Answer 2

naturalism
intuitionism
emotivism

Question 3

naturalism

Question 4

intuitionism

Question 5

emotivism

Question 6

extra reading-

Question 7

meta ethics divided into two main categories

Answer 7

1. cognitivism
   naturalism non naturalism

2.non cognitivism
emotivism perscriptivism

Question 8

1. cognitive

Answer 8

morality is subject to cognition - something that exists so moral statements would become factual statements

Question 9

2. non cognitivism

Answer 9

opposite no factual - not subject to truth and falsity - morality cannot be known

Question 10

cognitive ethics - divided into two
(naturalism)

Answer 10

naturalism - ms can be reduced to natural statements ( exist in natural world - observable)- can verify empirically so become factual statements

morally good can be simplified to pleasure- if provides pleasure is morally good - something promoted pain - bad