Morality Flashcards
(15 cards)
descriptive statement
describes features without saying whether they are good or bad e.g. people disliking a movie
normative statement
evaluates a feature of the world as good or bad, better or worse, relative to some standard or alternative e.g. this movie is better than that movie
moral statement
a normative statement with a moral standard
relationship between a normative and moral statement
all moral statements = normative statements
not all normative statements = moral statements
is/ought
you can’t derive an ‘ought’ conclusion from entirely factual of ‘is’ premises
thin term
purely descriptive or purely normative e.g. student or good
thick term
both descriptive and normative; imply moral status
- make more emotional e.g. cruel
moral absolutism
there is only one right answer to every moral issue, regardless of culture or context
moral relativism
an act is moral if the culture where the act took place accepts it as moral
- each culture is morally correct
subjectivism
a moral relativism that holds each individual as morally correct
moral objectivism
facts independent of peoples beliefs are part of what makes some moral claims true or false
tolerance and ways to use it
the disposition to live with some (moral) differences, and pick your battles wisely.\
- “I can live with that” or, “this isn’t the time and place to have a debate about fundamental moral convictions”
- be reasonably humble
- realize that moral convictions are fundamental to people’s identity
using thick terms in an argument
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moral disgust & moral cleanliness
physical and moral disgust/cleanliness are correlated e.g. cleaning products are linked to being morally high
just world hypothesis
people get what they deserve
