The belief that values can be defined in terms of some natural property in the world.
Naturalism
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The belief that basic moral truths are indefinable but self evident
Intuitionism
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The belief that ethical terms indicate approval or disapproval
Emotivism
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True by definition
Analytic
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True by observation
Synthetic
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Moral facts can be known objectively as true or false
Cognitivism
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You cannot move without supplying a missing premise from a descriptive statement such as 'kindness causes pleasure' to a moral statement 'kindness is good' is the NATURALISTIC X
Fallacy
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Statements about the world are of two sorts - analytic or synthetic. This is known as Hume's X
Fork
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How many prima facie duties does W.D. Ross argue for?
Seven
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The belief that values can be defined in terms of some natural property in the world.
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Naturalism
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The belief that basic moral truths are indefinable but self evident
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The belief that ethical terms indicate approval or disapproval
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