meta ethics

Question 1

three meta-ethical theories

Answer 1

- naturalism
-intuitionism
- emotivism

Question 2

naturalism

Answer 2

- values can be defined in terms of some natural property - absolutism
- fixed absolutes in the world
- goodness can be perceived empirically

Question 3

intuitionism

Answer 3

- moral absolutist -> we know objective morality intuitively
- not naturally existing
- cannot be observed empirically

Question 4

emotivism

Answer 4

- no fixed morals
- rejection of absolute moral truths
- ethical statements are meaningless (for ayer)