Meta-Ethics
- Created by: Thea Tuckey
- Created on: 11-09-18 11:40
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- Meta-Ethics
- Non-Cogntivism
- = ethical language is non-factual/subjective
- Emotivism
- David Hume: moral statements convey approval or disapproval.
- Logical positivism / Vienna circle - verification principle
- Synthetic statement; if something can be checked it is meaningful
- Analytical statement; does not have to be checked to be meaningful.
- Precriptionism
- Cognitivism
- = ethical language is factual/objective
- Ethical Naturalism
- = "good" can be defined w/ reference to some other property
- property can be meta-physical
- Good is...
- Happiness
- (Utilitarianism= max. happiness Hedonism = own happiness.
- Will of God
- Fulfilment of Purpose
- Doing universal rational duty
- Kant
- Promoting Own Interest
- Egoism
- Natural Law & Virtue Ethics
- Doing universal rational duty
- Divine Command Theory
- Fulfilment of Purpose
- Happiness
- = "good" can be defined w/ reference to some other property
- Intuitionism
- = "good" cannot be defined but it still intuitively known.
- Requires information and reason
- Non-Cogntivism
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