METAETHICAL THEORIES

NATURALISM: UTILITARIANISM

NON-NATURALISM: INTUITIONISM

NON NATURALISM: DIVINE COMMAND THEORY

ETHICAL NATURALISM

ETHICAL NON-NATURALISM

morality cognitivism

good is real + objective

good is found in facts about human nature

morality is cognitive/non-factual

good is real but cant be defined

good is whatever God commands

the good is a simple notion known by intuition

BENTHAMS UTILITARIANISM

consequences of an action make it right/wrong

the only good thing is happiness

seek max. happiness for the max. number of people

MILLS UTILITARIANISM

there are higher + lower pleasures

higher pleasures are long term, lower pleasures are short term

quality of life over pleasure

"its better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied. better to be socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied"