Unit 2: Thought Experiments Flashcards
What Encourages us to create a single comprehensive and coherent WV that is good and crates good actions
Personal worldview imperative
4 major ethical theories are
Utilitarianism: belief moral judgments should benefit survival of the group
Deontology: may/may not be naturalists. Involved duty ethics. Main issue; how do we know what duty exists and to follow
Intuitionism: not naturalistic. we understand important moral terms by cognitive means that are not scientific. Spiritual/ religious rather.
Virtue ethics: Aristotle. Common agreement existed about core set of virtues to act justly on good beliefs.
Utilitarianism:
belief moral judgments should benefit survival of the group
Deontology:
may/may not be naturalists. Involved duty ethics. Main issue; how do we know what duty exists and to follow
Intuitionism:
not naturalistic. we understand important moral terms by cognitive means that are not scientific. Spiritual/ religious rather.
Virtue ethics:
Aristotle. Common agreement existed about core set of virtues to act justly on good beliefs.
Ethical naturalism states moral judgements are merely a subclass of facts about the world that can be scientifically studied T/F?
TRUE
who coined naturalistic fallacy ?
G.E.Moore (intuitionist) created “is-ought” problem
Rejected ethical naturalism:
Said it’s false to define goodness in terms of any natural property
Believed good is not definable, not subject to scientific examination
Who created “is-ought” problem
Rejected ethical naturalism:
Said it’s false to define goodness in terms of any natural property
Believed good is not definable, not subject to scientific examination
G.E.Moore (intuitionist)
Communitarian …
Begins with the group and it’s institutions
Depends on individual members to submit to the authority of the group
Can only change the group as the group allows
What is the problem with communitarian beliefs?
Consensus about the virtues doesn’t exist
What makes a virtue collapses into form of institutionalism
What is meant by micro case?
Examined at a professional level, more people involved than a macro case
Are moral institutionalists naturalists or anti naturalist?
Both,
Naturalist : believes judgements are based how humans Eve loved including personal experiences over time
Anti naturalist : believe judgements based on facts around us if the world and not our personal experiences or feelings of it
What is ethical naturalism ?
Moral claims investigated scientifically and comprehended as natural facts
Examining natural world and staging moral conclusions from observations
What is macro case?
Involving less people because one person in power makes decision affecting group of people
