Meta-Ethics Scholars

Question 1

AJ Ayer

Answer 1

• Argued tat ethical statements are meaningless expressions of emotions and do not have any literally meaning
• It appears, then, that ethics, as a branch of knowledge is nothing more than a department of psychology and sociology

Question 2

G.E Moore

Answer 2

• Argued that there were certain, intuitively discernible moral laws
• “All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions have good effects

Question 3

David Hume

Answer 3

is/ought theory

Question 4

H.A Prtichard on intuitionism

Answer 4

people can have different intuitions on a topic

Question 5

Ayer quote on emotivism

Answer 5

“The presence of an ethical symbol in a proposition adds nothing to its factual content