Meta Ethics Flashcards
Who criticises ethical naturalism and states “ I meet no propositions that is now connected with an ought or ought not”
David Hume in “treatise of human nature”
Quote ethical naturalism
Bentham “nature has placed us under the governance of two sovereign masters: pain and pleasure”
Who says and what book “if I am asked what is good, my reply would be that good is good and that is the end of that matter”
G.E. Moore in principa ethica
Quote H.A. Prichard
“There are two types of thinking - reason and intuition”
“Some people had developed their moral thinking further than others”
Who says “there are certain kind of actions, which he called prima facie duties, were right”
W.D. Ross
Give three duties made by Ross
Duty of gratitude duty of justice duty of self improvement
Who criticises intuitionalism
J.L. Mackie - there is no link in intuitionalism between what is right and what a person ought to do
Who says “The presence of an ethical symbol in a proposition adds nothing to it’s factual content”
A.J. Ayer in language truth and logic
Quote James Rachel’s criticism to a.j.ayer
Where morality is concerned, there are “no” facts and no one is “right”
Who counter argues Rachel’s and says what?
C l Stevenson in “ethics and language” and states “ethical language can be based on emotions, however, these are not merely arbitrary”
Who states that saying “murder is wrong” is to make a factual statement
G j wornock
Who says “ a good chair is one that supports your back, is comfortable and fit for purpose”
R m hare in the language or morals and freedom and reason
