Naturalism- meta ethics Flashcards

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What does James Rachel suggest about naturism?

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We can associate what is right with our itnerests= the form of utilitariaism and pleasure

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How can we apply ethical naturalism with the resurrection of Jesus?

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The open question argument, how is it applicable to be true without true observation

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What is Humes point about the missing premise?

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People move too quickly by suggesting “it is causing me pain” to instantly remarking that it is wrong without identifying what the premise is of causing the pain, and it could be beneficial to us as humans to experience this pain, exsteinailsm
Hume is suggesting what is wrong from our personal intrinsic desires,

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What did Bradley say about cognivitism and our role in society?

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Through empirical means we choose our role in society, wrong is going against your w=role in society

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Who is an example of normative ethics?

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Bradley, link to Bultmann and the resurrection

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Who is an example of meta ethics and focusing on the language?

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Moore

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who came up with universal maxims?

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Immaneul kant

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what is realism?

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There are objective moral facts - objectiveism

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what did john surart mil believe?

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you ougjt to increasw the aggregate happiness
good is pleqsure and good is happiness; identical
believed it waw fundamentally agreeablw thay everoyne desires pleausre

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What did aristole beliebe wbout naturalism?

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instead like kant where he focuses on the action, or like mil focuis g on consequence. aristole bekieves in the character of the oerson
good=euadomia (the good demon) or human flourshing
aim for good characteristics and this human flourishing
had didnt levels of souls- the appetive focusing on the soul characteristics
our telos is eduamonia

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What is Humes is ought problem?

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it is merely that reason is a slave to our desires, our desires control morality
our desires guide our reason- passions

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What are Humes factual statements?

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The is are the factual statements using posteriors and evidence

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what is the ought statement?

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Moral statement

I might to help people comes from within desire

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What was Hume?

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A anti-realist, internalise and in mind/intutionist

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What was Humes conclusion?

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No matter how many is statements not going to produce ought, they cant motivate

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What was the quotation of Humes where desires and slaves?

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“Reason is and ought only to be the slave of passions”

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What did Hume say about reason?

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“morals elite passions”
“reason of itself s utterly impotent”
“the rules of morality are not conclusions of reason”
similar to sublimation of the id and the superego

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What is Moores open question argument?

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Good is indefinable, it is too simple- open question argumenet
any definition that still has questions that can be asked fails as it hasn’t been defined this is good to moore
any definition that doesn’t need questions asked and is complex is a definition and is fine
definitions need to be complex

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What is an example Moore uses?

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The colour yellow, it is too simple to be defined and it is an open question it is like good

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How does Moore look pleasure with good?

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“is pleasure always good” open question

a toruturer may feel pleasure toruting someone is this good?

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What is the naturalistic fallacy?

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Moore says naturalism is false,
when you define good
trying to define good committing this naturalistic fallacy
it is beyond definition

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What did rb perry say about naturalism being from pleasure?

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“good@ means being of favourable interest” and rigbt means being conductive to harmonous happiness”