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Do moral truths exist?
Thomas Aquinas would argue nature reveals that we have a telos, and that this cannot be randomly changed
G.E. Moore would argue that goodness is a reality, not empirical, but self-evident to our intuition
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Naturalistic fallacy - making the mistake of assuming something is "good" because it can be found in nature :red_flag:
For a sadist, inflicting pain is pleasant - does that make it good? :red_flag:
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Nietzche - there are no moral truths. This presents and opportunity for the strong to put forward their moral ideas and gradually replace traditional Christian morality, which is based on weak moral ideas
If no reasons can be given, anything which works on emotions can be justified :red_flag:
John Mackie: Moral ideas are opinions, not facts. Too much variation in ideas different societies and people have
J.S. Mill - our desires show us what is good; we desire certain things because they are in fact desirable
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Intuitionism
suggests we have the ability to know 'good' within our own minds, it is innate or 'a priori'
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