Meta Ethics

Question 1

Meta Ethics

grounding problem

Answer 1

the search for the reasons that justify/warrant moral judgements

Question 2

Meta Ethics

moral luck

Answer 2

blaming/praising an agent that didn’t have control over the action or its consequences

Question 3

Meta Ethics

is-ought problem

Answer 3

people make claims about what ought to be, based on statements on what is

Question 4

Meta Ethics

What is the difference between descriptive & prescriptive?

Answer 4

descriptive: what is
prescriptive: what should be

Question 5

Determinism vs. Free Will

free will

Answer 5

the power of self-determination & the freedom to do otherwise; we are morally responsible for choices

Question 6

Determinism vs. Free Will

determinism

Answer 6

all events (including human action) are necessary by causes external to the will

Question 7

Determinism vs. Free Will

indeterminism

Answer 7

at least some acts are not fully determined

Question 8

Determinism vs. Free Will

libertarianism

Answer 8

agents are able to take more than one possible course of action at any given time (ex. free will)

Question 9

Determinism vs. Free Will

compatibilism/incompatibilism

Answer 9

positions that hold that free will and determinism can/cannot be harmonized

Question 10

Determinism vs. Free Will

free will & moral responsibility

Answer 10

if we have free will, then we have moral responsibility

Question 11

Determinism vs. Free Will

acting intentionally

Answer 11

if we act intentionally, we are more susceptible for moral responsibility