Meta Ethics AO1

Question 1

Naturalism

Answer 1

-ethical theories that hold that morals are part of the natural world and can be recognised or observed in some way

Question 2

Intuitionism

Answer 2

-ethical theories that hold that moral knowledge is received in a different way from science and logic

Question 3

Emotivism

Answer 3

-ethical theories that hold that moral statements are not statements of fact but are either beliefs or emotions

Question 4

Moral realists/cognivists

Answer 4

-Ethical langauge can have a true meaning. The words we use are meaningful because they have a factual basis

Question 5

Moral anti-realists/non-cognovits

Answer 5

-Ethical language cannot have true meaning. The words cannot be meaningful because they are not subject to being true or false