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Meta-Ethics
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- 1Analytic StatementsTrue by definition
- 2Booh-Hurrah Theory (Emotivism)Ethical Statements are a way of showing personal emotion
- 3CognitiveEthical Language has true meaning
- 4Empirical EvidenceInformation gained from the senses
- 5IntuitionismEthical and moral truths are understood through intuition and instincts
- 6Meta EthicsAre of ethics concerning the meaning behind the words used in ethical statements
- 7NaturalismAll things are knowable using EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
- 8Non-CognitiveNo true meaning in ethical language
- 9Non-NaturalismThings to do with meaning are knowable using INTUITION
- 10Normative EthicsDIscussing whether something is right or wrong
- 11PrescriptivismEthical Language is subscribing a belief
- 12Prima Facie DutiesPrimary Duties
- 13SyntheticStatement where the predicate is not a necessary part of the description
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- Ethics Flashcards on Meta-Ethics, created by joe_lamy on 17/04/2013.
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