meta ethics

The definition of Naturalism is

• An expression of feelings to stimulate action

• A universal set of feelings

• We intuitively now how to act.

• We can prove morals using empirical evidence from the natural world.

Empirical evidence is based on

• What we can see, hear, touch etc

• What we can read about

• What The Bible tells us to do

• The work of David Hume

The philosopher most associated with Naturalist ethics is

• David Hume

• Immanuel Kant

• Thomas Aquinas

• F H Bradley

Who wrote the Naturalistic Fallacy?

• David Hume

• F H Bradley

• G E Moore

• A J Ayer

The Ethical Theory that says we use our 'gut reaction' is called

• Emotivism

• Prescriptivism

• Naturalism

• Intuitionism

The philosopher who put forward the idea of intuitionism was

• George Moore

• F H Bradley

• Jeremy Bentham

• David Hume

Who said our intuition comes from our "unreflective consciousness"?

• G E Moore

• H A Prichard

• F H Bradley

• T S Elliot

A J Ayer put forward what theory?

• Hurrah - Boo

• Boo Boo

• Boo-Hurrah

• Hurrah for chocolate!

What is Emotivism?

• A theory where the idea is nonsense.

• The idea that the meaning of ethical language is not knowable as its use is only an expression of emotion.

• A theory where truth must be discovered by sense perception.

• A theory which states that we are far too emotional.

Which of the following is a strength of emotivism?

• Emotivism belittles our ability to reason.

• Emotions can unite people in a common moral bond, but can also isolate groups and individuals.

• Even when moral statements are carried by a weight of public emotion, that does not provide reason for them to be adopted, nor does it make them right.

• The importance of each individual’s moral feelings is stressed.