Meta Ethics Flashcards
What does cognitive mean?
Ethical statements are knowable facts.
What does non-cognitive mean?
Ethical words do not refer to facts but perform a different function.
What is realism?
Morality exists independently of human thought/ reason.
What is anti-realism?
There are no objective, knowable, moral facts.
What does absolutive mean?
All actions are intrinsically right or wrong.
What does relative mean?
Moral judgements are relative to specific group/ person etc.
What is Ethic Naturalism?
Moral terms are definable in terms of facts about the natural world.
What is a naturalistic fallacy?
Logical error of attempting to define “good” and “bad” are distinct from natural properties.
What is ethical non-naturalism?
“Good” and “bad” are distinct from natural properties.
What is intuitionism?
Form of cognitivism- moral facts can be known through intuition.
What is prescriptivism?
Moral judgements are prescriptions which tell people how to act.
What is emotivism?
Moral statements are not facts but express the author’s emotions.
What is logical positivism?
Moral statements are meaningless because they cannot be empirically verified.
Who put forward intuitionism?
Moore.
Who put forward emotivism?
Ayer.
Who put forward prescriptionism?
Hare.
