Meta-ethics - Content

Question 1

What is good according to intuitionism?

Answer 1

Good is a simple notion that is immediately knowable to us through the faculty of intuition.

Question 2

What does Prichard think we intuit?

Answer 2

The motivation to act morally - obligation.

Question 3

What is good according to emotivism?

Answer 3

Good is nothing - it is meaningless and ethical language is simply an expression of approval or disapproval for cultural norms.

Question 4

How does good express emotion according to emotivist interpretations of Hume?

Answer 4

All motivation comes from emotion so our ethical judgements simply express emotion because these ethical judgements are what urge us to act.

Question 5

What is good according to naturalism?

Answer 5

Good is a complex property that can be discovered and explained through science.

Question 6

What is good according to neo-aristotelean naturalism?

Answer 6

Good is whatever enables us to reach our telos.

Question 7

What is good according to hedonic naturalism?

Answer 7

Good is maximal utility.