Ethical Naturalism
Mind-Map on Ethical Naturalism for the topic Meta- Ethics
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- Created on: 15-05-14 10:47
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- Ethical Naturalism (Cognitivist)
- Treat ethical statements the same as non-ethical, statements can be verified or falsified.
- F.H. Bradley
- Discover moral obligations from society.
- Criticisms
- G.E.Moore
- Makes a basic error: moral statements cannot be verified
- If you try to it is to commit the naturalistic fallacy
- Closed Question- 'George is a bachelor but is he male?'- definition of bachelor is a unmarried male
- Open Question- Definition not implied. The question does not carry the automatic answer.
- Makes a basic error: moral statements cannot be verified
- G.E.Moore
- Definitions of natural terms produce open questions
- G.E.Moore
- Makes a basic error: moral statements cannot be verified
- If you try to it is to commit the naturalistic fallacy
- Closed Question- 'George is a bachelor but is he male?'- definition of bachelor is a unmarried male
- Open Question- Definition not implied. The question does not carry the automatic answer.
- Makes a basic error: moral statements cannot be verified
- G.E.Moore
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