Exam One Flashcards
According to this view no moral claims are true, and No moral claims are false either
Expressivism/ noncognitivism
According to this you their truths about morality that are true regardless of what anyone thinks
Ethical objectivism
According to this view their subject give moral truth as a result of the moral beliefs of a particular people
Individual relativism/ ethical subjectivism
According to this view there are no truths of any sort about morality because all more claims are false
Error theory
According to this view, moral claims are subjectively true because groups of people except or indorse those claims
Cultural relativism
Something we learn by experience there are empirical truths. We have to observe things in order to see. Example by tasting, touching, facts about science
Empirical
Without blank experience. Doesn’t require us to use any tools. Prior true example is mathematics. Don’t need scientific tools
Prior reasoning
What true is morality
It is a prior true because we can’t physically see the wrongs and rights
Two supporting claims, evidence of what someone wants to convince of something .support
CHAINS OF REASONINGS
Argument
Is an argument statement and have to give reasonings why it’s true. Supporting claims
Premise
The end point of an argument. Has to have some. That shows how the evidence is true. Wraps up to supporting claims in a paragraph
Conclusion
Always going to be true no matter the supporting claims. We want our argument to be structured so we have a well put conclusion we want a what?
Valid argument
When should we except the conclusion of an argument
When the truth of the premises guarantees the conclusions truth is logical validity
The second reasoning why why we would except the conclusion of an argument
When all of a valid arguments primises are true logical soundness
what does it take for an argument to be valid
If all premises of this argument were true then the conclusion would have to be true it is impossible for one into to be true and three to be false. It passes her test for logical validate it he with flying colors. But the argument is still a bad one not because of any logical error because there is any false premise
What does it take for an argument to be sound
Sound argument contains only true premises
Why is it possible for an argument to be valid even if some of it supporting claims are false
There are possibilities that in valid arguments could be true. Are you man can still be valid with false premises. The argument has to have two types of criteria they sound this one a good argument, every single promises has to be true in the argument
They are facts but the kind of truths that isn’t created by people
Ex: Color of grass, what peoples names are, snow is white
Objective moral truths
A truth that is created by people
Ex: Music, favorite sports team
Subjective truth
Are there objective moral truths
Yes- for objectivists- they Think one of the facts about morality to be objective facts. We discover the truth of morality.
No for skepticism they are some moral truth the truth is our true if people say it is true.
Are there subjective moral truth and what are the forms of skepticism
Yes relativism- we create moral trues
Skeptics answer now those are called Nihilists- there are no correct trues. No matter what the claims are fails to be true
Who are the moral trues true for
Relativism … cultural relativism
Nothing is wrong everything is OK. Doing something wrong but doing it anyways
Subjectivism
Are there Moral falsehoods
Yes. Erroneous theorists believe every more claim is false
Objective use what? which means sensitive
Context
Occurs when we adopt a moral standard that could end up false And true
Moral error
Where do moral truths come from?
- Cultural relativists-from the standards endorsed by particular society’s
- Subjectivists- from the beliefs or commitments a particular people
Who are moral truths true for
cultural relativist are only the members of society is it indoors particularl standards
All moral standards are equal within groups
Moral equivalence
