META: INTUITIONISM Flashcards

1
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What is morality?

A

Intuitive.

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How does the word “good” have meaning?

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It refers to the goodness we intuit.

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3
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What does intuitionism not mean?

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That all moral decisions are reached by relying on intuition.

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4
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What did Moore say about “good”?

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Cannot be defined.

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What did Moore claim goodness is?

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A non-natural property.

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What do utilitarians argue that Moore disagreed with?

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That goodness can be defined, measured, qualified and quantified.

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What are utilitarians guilty of according to Moore?

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Naturalistic fallacy.

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What is naturalistic fallacy?

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Making the leap between a FACT (is) and a MORAL JUDGEMENT (ought).

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9
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What can an action or consequence be?

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Self-evidently good or bad that our intuition picks up on.

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10
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What does objective moral knowledge give?

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Moral language meaning - we know what goodness is as we intuit it in acts.

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11
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What are complex terms? (example)

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‘Horse’ can be broken down into animal, mammal, etc.

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What are simple terms? (example)

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‘yellow’ we can’t break it down any further.

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What is Moore’s famous quote on simple and complex terms?

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“It cannot be defined and that is all I have to say about it.”

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14
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What does Pritchard emphasise?

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Obligation.

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What do reason and intuition do according to Pritchard?

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Reason collects the facts and intuition determines which counter-action to follow.

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16
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What did Pritchard say about people?

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Some have clearer moral intuition than others because their moral thinking has been further developed.

17
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How can you criticise Pritchard?

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He does not tell us how we know who has the clearer intuition.

18
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What did Pritchard say about a conflict of obligations?

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We must look at the situation and decide which obligation is greater.

19
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What did Ross accept about “good”, “obligatory” or “right”?

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All indefinable but also added that in any given situation moral duties become apparent.

20
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What are prima facie duties?

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‘At first appearance’ - they are evident to us.

21
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What did Ross recognise?

A

That sometimes principles conflict: to keep a promise, may have to lie.

22
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How can intuitionism be defined?

A

A form of cognitivism that holds that moral statements can be known to be true or false immediately through a kind of rational intuition.