1. Meta Ethics: Intro
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- Created on: 25-06-17 16:01
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- 1. Meta Ethics: Intro
- Cognitive
- Objective
- Ethical Naturalism
- F. H. Bradley
- Institutionism
- G. E. Moore
- H. A. Pritchard
- W. D. Ross
- Describes the world (descriptive)
- Objectively true or false
- Non-cognitive
- Subjective
- Emotivism
- A. J. Ayer
- C. L. Stevenson
- Prescripitivism
- R. M. Hare
- Not describing world but expressing feelings
- Moral statements cannot be described as true or false = subjective
- Meta ethics
- Explores meaning and use of ethical language
- What do we mean by good, bad, right, wrong?
- E.g. "What does 'sex before marriage is wrong' mean?"
- Where do our principles come from:
- Are we born with moral instincts or do they come from the environment?
- Normative Ethics
- Asks what things are good and bad
- What behaviour is right and wrong?
- Decides how people ought to act and how they make moral choices
- They decisions may be from a group/culture
- e.g. Christian tradition or may be based on philosophical way of thinking
- e.g. 'Is sex before marriage right?'
- e.g. natural law, utilitarianism, Kant
- Descriptive Ethics
- Describes and compares different ways societies have answered moral questions
- Can be called moral sociology
- E.g. "What do Christian/Muslim traditions believe about sex before marriage?"
- Cognitive
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