1
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What is moral skepticism?
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The belief that there is no such thing as moral truth.
2
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What is the provability argument?
A
If there were such thing as objective truth in ethics, we should be able to prove that some moral opinions are true and others false.
3
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Proving something to someone and ___ someone is very different.
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Persuading.
4
Q
If we focused on what cannot be proven in physics, we may say that…
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Physics cannot prove anything.
5
Q
An argument is sound only if…
A
The premises are true, and the conclusion follows logically from them.
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flashcards
Decks in class (22)
# Cards
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Contemporary Ethical Issues6
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Metaphysics11
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Chapter 1: What Is Morality?12
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Chapter 2: The Challenge of Cultural Relativism22
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Some Basic Points About Arguments5
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Metaphysics: Cultural Relativism22
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Sexual Ethics0
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Does Morality Depend on Religion?0
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Subjectivism in Ethics0
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Ethical Egoism0
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Global Poverty and Racial Discrimination7
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The Social Contract Theory: Hobbes0
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Why Contractarianism?: Hume & Gauthier20
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Utilitarianism13
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Utilitarianism: Mill & J.C.C. Smart24
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Utilitarianism and its Critics: Williams and Nozick16
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Kantian Ethics22
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Kant: The Categorical Imperative10
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Kant and Autonomy Part 110
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Kant and Autonomy Part 26
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Virtue Ethics6
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Ethics of Care0
