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Prescriptivism - Coggle Diagram
Prescriptivism
R.M. Hare
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This main function of moral language is to prescribe a course of action
- This is intended to get others to adopt this too
e.g. saying murder is wrong would also mean you ought not to murder, and neither will I
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Evaluating
Strengths
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Eliminates hypocrisy because by stating you think something is wrong, means both that you don't like it and you think others should not do it
Weaknesses
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Moral statements have no authority as they are based solely on personal feeling and can be easily discarded
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