Ethical theories that hold that morals are a part of the natural world and can be recognised or observed in some way.
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Hume's law
You cannot go from an 'is' statement (a statement of fact) to an 'ought' (a moral).
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Intuitionism
Ethical theories that hold that moral knowledge is received in a different way from science and logic.
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Naturalistic fallacy
G.E. Moore's argument that it is a mistake to define moral terms with reference to other properties (a mistake to break Hume's law).
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Emotivism
Ethical theories that hold that moral statements are not statements of fact but are either beliefs or emotions.
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Conscientia
This is the name Aquinas gives to the process whereby a person's reason makes moral judgements.
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Ratio
The word used by Aquinas to describe reason, something which is placed in every person as a result of their being created in the image of God.
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Synderesis
For Aquinas, this means to follow the good and avoid the evil, the rule that all precepts follow.
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Id
For Freud, this is the part of the mind that has instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in pleasure.
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Ego
Freud uses this word to describe the mediation between the id and the super-ego.
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Super-ego
Freud uses this word to describe the part of the mind that contradicts the id and uses internalised ideals from parents and society to make the ego behave morally.
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Consent
Freely agreeing to engage in sexual activity with another person.
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Homosexuality
Sexual attraction between people of the same sex.
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Premarital sex
Sex before marriage.
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Extramarital sex
Sex beyond the confines of marriage, usually used to describe adulterous sex.
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Cohabitation
An unmarried couple living together in a sexually active relationship. Sometimes known pejoratively as 'living in sin'.
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Exclusive
A commitment to be in a sexual relationship with a person to the exclusion of all others. This is the opposite of an 'open marriage' or 'casual relationship'.
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Betrothal
Traditionally the exchange of promises to marry, which historically marked the point at which sex was permitted.
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Consumation
An act of sexual intercourse that indicates, in some traditions, the finalisation of the marriage.
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Card 2
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You cannot go from an 'is' statement (a statement of fact) to an 'ought' (a moral).
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Hume's law
Card 3
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Ethical theories that hold that moral knowledge is received in a different way from science and logic.
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Card 4
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G.E. Moore's argument that it is a mistake to define moral terms with reference to other properties (a mistake to break Hume's law).
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Card 5
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Ethical theories that hold that moral statements are not statements of fact but are either beliefs or emotions.
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