Meta-Ethics
- Created by: Bigboi_Butterz
- Created on: 02-04-18 18:43
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- Meta-Ethics
- The Study of what we mean when we use good / bad and right / wrong (Ethical Terms)
- Non-Cognitive
- Good / Bad are non verifiable terms
- Cognitive
- Good / Bad are verifiable terms
- Intuitionism
- We just know
- Good is like yellow because you know what it is but cant define it
- Moore> Simple + Complex, cannot be broken down. 'Good is good and that is the end of the matter'.
- W.D Ross > Prima Facie Duties > Intuitive duties we just know; Non- Malevolence, Justice
- Strength
- We do seem to have intuition
- Good is indefinable
- Plato > World of Forms
- Weakness
- Intuitions Clash
- Whats 'right'?
- Cant really debate
- We just know
- Naturalism
- Bradley > Good and bad are verifiable by evidence / sense experiences
- Example > Abortion is bad > Evidence, killing causes pain, fetus can feel pain.
- Strength
- Empirical evidence
- Most people agree
- Gives basis for fighting injustice
- Cultural relativism
- Weakness
- Hume > Is thought gap, you cannot get a value from a fact
- G.E Moore > Naturalistic Fallacy > Incorrect to equate good / bad to naturalistic properties. E.g eating junk is pleasurable, just because its pleasurable doesnt mean its good
- Open Question Argument > We still need to ask if it is 'good'
- Hume > Is thought gap, you cannot get a value from a fact
- Emotivism
- AJ Ayer > ' The addition of the word good adds nothing to the factual content of a statement'
- Just expressing emotion (approval / disapproval)
- Boo / Hurrah! Theory
- Just expressing emotion (approval / disapproval)
- Example > Charity is good, Hurrah! Genocide is bad, Boo...
- Strength
- Explains why we have different views
- Perhaps open to more debate
- We do use emotion
- Weakness
- Blanchard > Doesnt mean it isnt good or bad
- Rachel's > We use reason
- Reduces it to a matter of facts
- AJ Ayer > ' The addition of the word good adds nothing to the factual content of a statement'
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