Meta Ethics Definitions Flashcards
Meta Ethics:
The _____________ study of what _______ is, enquiring into the meaning of moral ________.
The philosophical study of what morality is, enquiring into the meaning of moral language.
Moral Realism:
People have objective ____ __________ moral properties which form our _____ __________.
People have objective mind independent moral properties which form our moral judgements.
Moral Anti-realism:
There are no mind _____________ moral ________. They are just products of ________.
There are no mind independent moral properties. They are just products of language.
Cognitivism:
Moral ____________ are propositions that _______ beliefs about the _______ of the world that can be ____ or false - aim to ________ the world as it is.
Moral judgements are propositions that express beliefs about the reality of the world that can be true or false - aim to describe the world as it is.
Non-cognitivism:
_____ judgements do ___ make claims about reality + therefore can neither be ____ nor _____ - not ____ stating.
Moral judgements do not make claims about reality + therefore can neither be true nor false - not fact stating.
Emotivism:
Moral judgements _______ the _______ or attitude of _________ or disapproval.
Moral judgements express the feeling or attitude of approval or disapproval.
Subjectivism:
Moral judgements ______ or report the feeling of _______ or ___________.
Moral judgements assert or report the feeling of approval or disapproval.
Mackie’s Error Theory:
_____ __________ are cognitive but exist only in the _______ the mind speaks - not ____ ___________.
Moral judgements are cognitive but exist only in the language the mind speaks - not mind independent.
Prescriptivism:
Moral __________ provide ____________ + commands of what you _____ __ do - how one should ___.
Moral judgements provide imperatives + commands of what you ought to do - how one should act.
