Naturalism (Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Meta-ethics focus
Meta-ethics focus
Linguistic value of moral statements & justification (not systems of action)
Absolutism definition
Absolutism definition
Fixed, unchanging truths everyone should always follow
Relativism definition
Relativism definition
Moral truths not fixed, change by individual/culture/time/place
Cognitive statement
Cognitive statement
Statement that can be either true or false
Non-cognitive statement
Non-cognitive statement
Not concerned with facts, cannot be known as true or false
Naturalism: meaning of 'good'
Naturalism: meaning of 'good'
Natural quality observable in world, exists independently
Ethical naturalists on moral facts
Ethical naturalists on moral facts
Objective absolute facts, fixed and do not change
Hedonic naturalism: 'good' means
Hedonic naturalism: 'good' means
What creates happiness
Hume's law
Hume's law
Cannot go from an 'is' to an 'ought'
Hume: source of 'wrongness'
Hume: source of 'wrongness'
From sentiment, not from observations
Searle on moral language
Searle on moral language
Includes understanding of obligation within it
Naturalistic fallacy (Moore)
Naturalistic fallacy (Moore)
Error: assuming 'good' is same as other natural quality
Open question
Open question
Answer cannot be derived from the question itself
Foot's rebuttal to Hume
Foot's rebuttal to Hume
Via Aristotle: natural world has 'good' way of doing things we can observe