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Meta Ethic (Emotivism (Objections (all ethical judgements outside the…
Meta Ethic
Emotivism
Hume belived that therecan be no factual justification of rightness and wrongess they are just ethical judgments
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Barnes- killing-boo! theory as words such as right or wrong are strictly outside the field of meaningful words and offer nothing to discuss
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Objections
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Even if reason is not the same as normal scientific proofs , it does not mean there is no reason at all
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There is no reason that any point of view is wrong , Emotive offers no defence against racism
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Relativism
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It is possible to determine weather or not someone holds a beliefs and that can be a factual claim - Ayer
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Naturalism
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Plato belived in the form of the good , a natural part of nature
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Intuitionism
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Philosophers Moore, Ross and Pritchard
Moore described the good as the colour yellow you must eperience it and then it simply is , there is nothing else to describe
Moore did not belive intuitionism was subjectie, a rightly ordered mind will percieve correctly
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Objections
avoids the issues of naturalism such as the use of terms right and wrong as part of basic vocabulary but they become mute , making discussions hard
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What can a concept beyond our normal realm of knowledge mean , ockhams razor argues that the simplest theory is often correct
Alternative view points
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Gewrith
Humans are not self sufficient ,we make demands on others and therefore we need something in return so treating people similar to how we want to be treat ourselves
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It is a mistake to try and pin the good down to a single thing- bad is instantly recognisable whereas good is not - perhaps the good cannot be defined
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