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3 arguments 4 ethical egosism
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altruism is self defeating
ayn rands argument actually accounts for commonsense morality |
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3 arguments against ethical egoism
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cannot handle conflict of interest
logically inconsistant unacceptably arbitrary |
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morality and religion
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morality is a matter of reason and conscience, not faith
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divine command theory
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connanded by god morally right
not commanded by god morally wrong |
is it right because god commands it or does god command it becasue it is right?
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problems with divine command theory
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no god, killing would be ok
how could a command make killing ok |
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natural law theory
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how the world is
how the world ought to be how we know what is right and wrong |
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NL how the world ought to be
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wrong is unnatural right is natural
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NL ethical theory
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no reference to explanation
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NL moral knowledge
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we can understand the world and figure out what is right
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aguments against NL
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is natural better?
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cultural relativism
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morality come from culture
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5 claims of cultural relativism
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different socieites different moral codes, if society says action is right it is right, no universal truth of ethics,no seacil status one in many,tolerance of other cultures
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cultual differences argument
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when morals are differnt there is a disagreement of facts not about the norms involved
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3 arguments against cultural relativism
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cannot judge cultural practices like racism,we cannot judge our own practices as wrong,
moral progress is faulty |
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subjectivism
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simple subjectivism, emotivism
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