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Mind Map by alexandragibson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by alexandragibson
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Meta Ethics
- cognitivism
- ethical naturalism- this is giving good a
natural property, ethical statements are
factual and can be verified
- intuitionism
- G E Moore- good is a
simple property like yellow.
people can recognise
goodness when they see it.
we can use our moral
intuition to say whether a
moral statement is true or
false
- H. A. Pritchard- we recognise goodness. we
can use reason and intuition of figure it out.
some people had developed their moral
thinking more then others and this is why
there are ethical disagreements
- W.D Ross- it was obvious where our duties lie. he gave a list of prima
facie duties. Fidelity. Reparation. Gratitude. Justice. Beneficence. Self-
Improvement. non Maleficence. if the duties conflict we always know
which one to pick
- G E Moore- good is a
simple property like yellow.
people can recognise
goodness when they see it.
we can use our moral
intuition to say whether a
moral statement is true or
false
- ethical naturalism- this is giving good a
natural property, ethical statements are
factual and can be verified
- Non- cognitivism
- Emotivism
- A.J Ayer- moral statements cannot be
verified. therefore they can be nothing
more then emotions
- James Rachels- where morality is concerned there can
be no right or wrong
- James Rachels- where morality is concerned there can
be no right or wrong
- Stevenson- moral terms are
descriptive and emotive. when we
hear the word steal it invokes a
feeling within us. it is also trying to
influence someone elses attitudes.
THEY ARE BASED ON EXPERIENCES
- A.J Ayer- moral statements cannot be
verified. therefore they can be nothing
more then emotions
- perscriptivism
- Hare- attempted to show that ethical language is
prescriptive and the role of ethical statements is to say
what ought to be done. They are moral because they
are universal. It is not based on truth but it aims to get
everyone to do the same in similar situations
- Hare- attempted to show that ethical language is
prescriptive and the role of ethical statements is to say
what ought to be done. They are moral because they
are universal. It is not based on truth but it aims to get
everyone to do the same in similar situations
- Emotivism
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