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A2 2.1 - Meta-Ethical Theories

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Decks in this class (18)

Key Terms
Absolutism 1,
Relativism 2,
Naturalism 3
8  cards
Do People Just Know In Themselves What Is Good, Bad, Right And Wrong?
When we introduce a system of we ...,
Emotivists like and don t think m...,
Philosophers like think morality ...
8  cards
Does Ethical Language Have Any Factual Basis? Is It Objective, Personally Subjective Or Meangingless?
Our approach to is affected by ou...,
Morality is identifiable and 2,
The idea of objective is a powerf...
10  cards
Does The Definition Of The Word "Good" Define The Study Of Ethics?
When a moral or is made the words...,
The statement murder is might mea...,
It can be argued that it doesn t ...
4  cards
Evaluating Emotivism
Emotivism challenges the foundati...,
Emotivists reject any sense that ...,
Moral philosophy can t lead us to...
11  cards
C.L. Stevenson
Stevenson linked moral statements...,
Stevenson argued that moral judge...,
Moral judgements express belief a...
6  cards
A.J. Ayer
Ayer thought there were three kin...,
Emotivism is ethical non naturali...,
Only things that can be through s...
9  cards
Emotivism
Intuitionists reject the claim th...,
Some philosophers conclude that t...,
In the 1920s the vienna circle de...
5  cards
W.D. Ross
Principles can sometimes and may ...,
Ross like moore thought can t be ...,
Ross proposed prima duties duties...
9  cards
H.A. Prichard
In his article prichard argues th...,
Prichard argues there s a gap bet...,
There are two different kinds of ...
9  cards
The Naturalistic Fallacy And G.E. Moore
Moore thought that good things ex...,
Good according to moore is a simp...,
Moore was particularly concerned ...
8  cards
Intuitionism
Intuitionists provide deeper into...
1  cards
J.L. Mackie
In his book mackie noted that it ...,
Mackie argued the injunction to n...,
The degree to which moral rules s...
5  cards
F.H. Bradley
Historically linked claims about ...,
Bradley stated that our duty is a...,
Bradley represented the of the 19...
8  cards
Philippa Foot
British naturalist philosopher ph...,
Foot argued that when we call a p...,
Foot is arguing that there are vi...
7  cards
Empiricist Challenges To Naturalism
David hume argued that claims are...,
He goes on to suggest that morals...,
Hume disagreed with aquinas and c...
5  cards
Naturalism
Ethical naturalists are and hold ...,
Morals are objectively when someo...
2  cards
Introduction
For moral statements might be pra...,
For moral statements say somethin...,
Absolutism is the idea that moral...
12  cards

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