Intuition Flashcards
Where intuitonism located
In between naturalism(fixed morality) and emotivism
What’s intuituonism like
Like a gut feeling
What we have an awareness of
We have an intuitive awareness of moral truths
How are moral truths discovered
By using our minds in a intuitive way
What’s innate for moral agents
Our intuitive ability - allowing objective moral laws to exist
Is it an fallible approach
Yh as it has the possibility of going wrong
How do we attain a mature mind
You need experience
Eg trauma, learning from experience,aging
Three claims of intuituonism
Good is indefinable
There are basic moral truths
We recognise good intuitively just like we recognise beauty
What is seen as a error
To define an ethical judgement as a factual one
What we reflect on
Moral truths to use reason to make decision
(It can be flawed as it’s fallible)
What we tend to have
A gut feeling of what we shd do
How do we understand when to act
By combining reason and intuition
What’s an ethical dilemma
When u gotta make a choice between 2 diff actions where there’s conflicting obligations
Intuition identifies greater obligation,it must not be doubted
How people’s moral difffer
Some people have clearer intuition than others
Yellow example
We can’t describe yellow but we can point to yellow things
What’s Moore say
If we ask if pleasure is rlly good , the fact we can possibly say no shows pleasure is not same as good as good is good
Can moral obligations be broken down (Pritchard plus Ross)
No it’s intuitive
Pro of intuitionism
Defends idea of moral facts
Con of intuition
Ppl have diff intuitions
Not clear what an intuition actually is
Seems far fetched to have a non empirically testable sixth sense
