Meta Ethics (incomplete)

Question 1

What are the three different types of ethics?

Answer 1

• Meta ethics
• Normative ethics
• Applied ethics

Question 2

What are the difference between cognitivism and non-cognitivism?

Answer 2

Cognitivism = moral statements are subject to being either true of false (meaningful)
Non-cognitivism = moral statements are NOT subject to true or falsity (meaningless)

Question 3

What are the three approaches to meta ethics?

Answer 3

Naturalism, Intuitionism and Emotivism

Question 4

What is naturalism?

Answer 4

Moral values can be correctly defined by observation of the natural world.

The good is what is natural.

Question 5

What is intuitionism?

Answer 5

Moral truths are indefinable and self-evident. The ‘good’ cannot be defined, it is intuitively known.

The good is a simple notion that is known by intuition.

Question 6

What is emotivism?

Answer 6

Moral statement are not statements of fact, but are indicators of emotional states/ personal opinions.

The good is a subjective matter of personal opinion/ expression of an emotion.

Question 7

What is the difference between moral realism and moral anti-realism?

Answer 7

Moral realism = discovery
Moral anti-realism = decide for ourselves

Question 8

What is G.E. Moore’s naturalistic fallacy?

Answer 8

The idea that what is natural isn’t what is good.

Question 9

Who scholars believe naturalism? How/ why?

Answer 9

Bentham and Aquinas (util and nat. law)