basics

Question 1

what is moral anti realism

Answer 1

there are no mind-independent moral properties/ fact

Question 2

what is the distinction between moral realism and moral anti realism?

Answer 2

The distinction between moral realism and anti moral realism is ontological- to say the district is ontological means it’s a distinction of what exists.

Question 3

what is cognitivism?

Answer 3

a statement that is truth apt use of language that is truth apt eg stealing is wrong, either true that stealing is wrong or false that stealing is wrong. Assessed for truth.

Question 4

what is non-cognitivism?

Answer 4

moral statements don’t have a truth apt but are just expressions of emotion or prescript certain actions to others. Eg boo stealing or don’t steal. Not trying to state facts.

Question 5

what is distinction between cognitivism and non cognitivism?

Answer 5

The distinction is linguistic- it is about the language that we use.

Question 6

which are which?

Answer 6

Cog are moral realist
Non cog are moral anti realist

But there is an exception- error theory
We refer to the world but we are wrong
Anti realist theory but cognitivist

Claims when we utter moral phases we really are trying to state something about the world but there are no moral facts out there for the statements to correspond with. So its anti-realist- no moral facts. Cog- we are talking about moral facts.