ETHICAL THOUGHT 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesPhilosophyA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: Georgie_tay123Created on: 15-12-17 10:56 MORAL LAWS EXISTING INDEPENDENTLY OF HUMANS NATURALISM 1 of 38 MORAL TERMS ARE UNDERSTOOD BY ANALYSING THE NATURAL WORLD NATURALISM 2 of 38 ETHICAL STATEMENTS ARE COGNITIVIST AND CAN BE VERIFIED/FALSIFIED NATURALISM 3 of 38 F.H BRADLEY- ETHICAL STATEMENTS EXPRESS PROPOSITIONS NATURALISM 4 of 38 OBJECTIVE FEATURES OF THE WORLD MAKE PROPOSITIONS TRUE OR FALSE NATURALISM 5 of 38 A MORAL PERSPECTIVE IS DETERMINED FROM SELF-REALISATION AND FROM OBSERVING ONE'S POSITION NATURALISM 6 of 38 META-ETHICAL STATEMENTS CAN BE SEEN IN SCIENTIFIC TERMS E.G. UTILITARIANISM UTILITY PRINCIPLE NATURALISM 7 of 38 CHALLENGE = HUME'S LAW NATURALISM 8 of 38 CHALLENGE= MOORE'S NATURALISTIC FALLACY NATURALISM 9 of 38 CHALLENEGES = MOORE'S OPEN QUESTION ARGUMENT NATURALISM 10 of 38 OBJECTIVE MORAL LAWS EXIST INDEPENDENTLY OF HUMAN BEINGS INTUITIONISM 11 of 38 MORAL TRUTHS CAN BE DISCOVERED BY USING OUR MINDS IN AN INTUITIVE WAY INTUITIONISM 12 of 38 INTUITIVE ABILITY IS INNATE AND THE SAME FOR ALL MORAL AGENTS INTUITIONISM 13 of 38 INTUITION NEEDS A MATURE MIND SO INFALLIBLE INTUITIONISM 14 of 38 H.A. PRITCHARD - 'OUGHT TO DO' HAS NO DEFINITION INTUITIONISM 15 of 38 RECOGNISE WHAT WE 'OUGHT TO DO' BY INTUITION INTUITIONISM 16 of 38 OBLIGATION IS INDEFINABLE INTUITIONISM 17 of 38 TWO WAYS OF THINKING- INTUITION AND REASON INTUITIONISM 18 of 38 WHEN TWO OBLIGATIONS CLASH, CHOOSE THE GREATER INTUITIONISM 19 of 38 CHALLENGE= NO PROOF MORAL PRINCIPLES CAN BE ESTABLISHED INTUITIONISM 20 of 38 CHALLENGE= INTUITIVE 'TRUTHS' CAN DIFFER WIDELY INTUITIONISM 21 of 38 CHALLENGE = NO OBVIOUS WAY TO RESOLVE CONFLICTING INTUITIONS INTUITIONISM 22 of 38 THE THEORY THAT BELIEVES OBJECTIVE MORAL RULES DO NOT EXIST EMOTIVISM 23 of 38 HUME'S FORK RE-INFORCES THIS EMOTIVISM 24 of 38 A NON-COGNITIVIST THEORY EMOTIVISM 25 of 38 MORAL TERMS EXPRESS PERSONAL EMOTIONAL ATTITUDES AND NOT PROPOSITIONS EMOTIVISM 26 of 38 ETHICAL TERMS ARE JUST EXPRESSIONS OF PERSONAL APPROVAL E.G. BOO-HURRAH EMOTIVISM 27 of 38 EXPLAINS WHY PEOPLE DISAGREE ABOUT MORALITY EMOTIVISM 28 of 38 A.J AYER'S VERIFICATION PRINCIPLE EMOTIVISM 29 of 38 ETHICAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE UP TO EXPRESS JOY OR PAIN EMOTIVISM 30 of 38 EXPRESSED TO BE PERSUASIVE EMOTIVISM 31 of 38 EMOTIVISM IS NOT SUBJECTIVIST. ALTHOUGH NOT ALL ETHICAL TRUTH STATEMENTS WILL HOLD AUTHORITY TO THE PERSON WHO IS EXPRESSING THEM EMOTIVISM 32 of 38 CHALLENGE = NO BASIC MORAL PRINCIPLES CAN BE ESTABLISHED EMOTIVISM 33 of 38 CHALLENGE= ETHICAL DEBATE BECOMES POINTLESS ACTIVITY EMOTIVISM 34 of 38 CHALLENGE = THERE CAN BE NO MORAL AGREEMENT THAT SOME ACTIONS ARE WRONG EMOTIVISM 35 of 38 ETHICAL LANGUAGE CAN BE VERIFIED SCIENTIFICALLY NATURALISM 36 of 38 ETHICAL LANGUAGE CAN BE INTUITIVE INTUITIONISM 37 of 38 ETHICAL LANGUAGE IS AN EXPRESSION OF EMOTION EMOTIVISM 38 of 38
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