META-ETHICS

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Ethical cognitivism
A theory that moral values can be derived from sense experiences
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Emotivism
A theory which says that moral statements are just expression of feelings (Non-cognitivist theory of meta-ethics) (A.J.Ayer, C.L. Stevenson)
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Perscriptivism
a theory that ethical statements have an intrinsic sense so other people should agree with the statement and follow it (R.M. Hare)
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Intuitionism
a theory that moral truths are known by intuition (G.E. Moore, H.A. Prichard, W.D Ross)
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Non-naturalism/ non-cognitivism
a theory that moral values cannot be derived from sense experience
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Ethical naturalism
a theory that moral values can be derived from sense experience
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A theory which says that moral statements are just expression of feelings (Non-cognitivist theory of meta-ethics) (A.J.Ayer, C.L. Stevenson)

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Emotivism

Card 3

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a theory that ethical statements have an intrinsic sense so other people should agree with the statement and follow it (R.M. Hare)

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Card 4

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a theory that moral truths are known by intuition (G.E. Moore, H.A. Prichard, W.D Ross)

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Card 5

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a theory that moral values cannot be derived from sense experience

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