Meta-Ethics 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesEthicsA2/A-levelOCR Created by: SadeOliviaCreated on: 28-10-15 01:30 Meta- Ethics The analysis of ethical language 1 of 11 Normative ethics A term used to describe different moral codes of behaviour; rules by which we make moral decisions 2 of 11 Ethical naturalism/ethical cognitivism A theory that moral values can be derived from sense experience 3 of 11 Ethical non-naturalism/non-cognitivism A theory that ethical statements cannot be derived from sense experience 4 of 11 Naturalistic fallacy The claim that good cannot be defined 5 of 11 Intuitionism A theory that moral truths are known by intuition 6 of 11 Logical positivism The view that only those things that can be tested are meaningful 7 of 11 Analytic statement Statements which are true by definition 8 of 11 Synthetic statement Statements that can be true or false and can be tested using experience or sense 9 of 11 Emotivism A theory which says that moral statements are just expressions of feelings 10 of 11 Prescriptivism A theory that ethical statements have an intrinsic sense so other people should agree with the statement and follow it 11 of 11
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