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17 Cards in this Set
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Moral realism |
Morality comes from an objective sourcs |
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Ethical subjectivism |
Morality is decided by people |
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Expressivism |
Moral judgements are either emotional or nonsense statements |
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Ethical universalism |
The universal truth applying to everyone |
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Moral skepticism |
Moral judgements are not true or false |
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Moral nihilism |
There are no moral judgements possible |
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Ethical skepticism |
They cannot |
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Ethical empiricism |
Through experience and observation |
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Ethical Rationalism |
Through a priori knowledge or logic |
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Ethical intuionism |
People just some how know |
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Hard determinism |
Free will is an illusion |
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Soft determinism/compatabilism |
Free will and determinism are compatible |
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Libertaranism |
Free will is real and determinism is false |
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Moral dulism |
Good and evil are equally opposed forces |
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Moral skepticism on evil |
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Evil" does not exist but the concept of it can be dangerous |
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Privation theory |
Argues that there exist absolute goodness. That which we call evil is an action or event that does not obtain the purpose or standard of this goodness. Therefore evil is nothing more than a privation of good and could not exist apart from good in any pure form. |
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It depends on the perspective of the individual |
Moral relativism |
