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Mind Map by Isabella Langton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Isabella Langton
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Meta Ethics
- seeks to understand the meaning of moral
statements and examine ethical language
e.g. 'good', 'bad', 'right' and 'wrong'
- Cognitive
- Objective approach to statements
that are known to be true or false
and are based on fact
- Naturalism
- The belief that you can treat
ethical statements the same as
non-ethical statements
- F.H.Bradley
- he stated that we discovr moral obligation from society and that
moral activity is finding our position with society and carrying out
our duties
- he stated that we discovr moral obligation from society and that
moral activity is finding our position with society and carrying out
our duties
- The belief that you can treat
ethical statements the same as
non-ethical statements
- Intuitionism
- Tells us that our ethical and moral
truths are known and understood by
our intuition
- G.E.Moore
- He stated that 'good' is a simple,
indefinable, unanalysable property, like a
primary colour
- Believed we cannot us our senses to
know what is good or bad we just know
using our 'moral intuition'
- He stated that 'good' is a simple,
indefinable, unanalysable property, like a
primary colour
- H.A.Prichard
- Agreed with moore that good is indefinable but
also stated that obligation was also indefinable;
people know when they should act when in a
certain situation through our intuition
- Agreed with moore that good is indefinable but
also stated that obligation was also indefinable;
people know when they should act when in a
certain situation through our intuition
- W.D.Ross
- He believed that our intuition helps us to know our
Prima Facie Duties; these are obvious actions we
know to be right and must obey
- He believed that our intuition helps us to know our
Prima Facie Duties; these are obvious actions we
know to be right and must obey
- Tells us that our ethical and moral
truths are known and understood by
our intuition
- Naturalism
- Objective approach to statements
that are known to be true or false
and are based on fact
- Non-Cognitive
- Subjective approach to
statements that are neither true
or false based on peoples feeling
and emotion
- Emotivism
- Ethical statements are an
expression of ones emotions
and opinions
- A.J.Ayer
- He developed the
Boo-Hurrah Theory
- Theory illustrates the principles of emotivism e.g. if
one were to say murder is wrong they are really say
'boo to murder' and if one were to say being kind is
good they are really saying 'hurrah to being kind'
- Theory illustrates the principles of emotivism e.g. if
one were to say murder is wrong they are really say
'boo to murder' and if one were to say being kind is
good they are really saying 'hurrah to being kind'
- He developed the
Boo-Hurrah Theory
- C.L.Stevenson
- He modified Ayer's approach by stating that ethical
language was based on beliefs individual's have about the
world as well as expressing emtions
- He modified Ayer's approach by stating that ethical
language was based on beliefs individual's have about the
world as well as expressing emtions
- Ethical statements are an
expression of ones emotions
and opinions
- Presciptivism
- the belief that ethical statements
are a way of influencing others to
follow in what you believe in
- R.H.Hare
- He agreed that ethical language expresses
our emotions however he claims that ethical
statements also was a way of influencing
others to follow what we believe. It is a way
of prescribing our opinions onto others.
- He agreed that ethical language expresses
our emotions however he claims that ethical
statements also was a way of influencing
others to follow what we believe. It is a way
of prescribing our opinions onto others.
- the belief that ethical statements
are a way of influencing others to
follow in what you believe in
- Emotivism
- Subjective approach to
statements that are neither true
or false based on peoples feeling
and emotion
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