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Non-Naturalism, Ch 4 of British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing
Hurka (2014)
One-Sentence Thesis
The British ethical theorists, including Sidgwick, Moore, and Ross, held a non-naturalist view of metaethics, combining moral realism with intuitionism about how moral truths are known.
Argument Outline
- 1Introduction to non-naturalism and moral realism
- 2The autonomy of ethics and its implications
- 3The school's response to non-cognitivism and error theory
- 4The role of intuition in moral epistemology
Key Distinctions
Moral realism vs. non-naturalism
Cognitivism vs. non-cognitivism
Autonomy of ethics vs. reducibility to non-moral judgments
Key Terms
Non-naturalism
The view that moral judgments have a sui generis subject matter, distinct from that of all other truths.
Moral realism
The view that moral judgments can be objectively true.
Autonomy of ethics
The view that moral truths are not reducible to non-moral premises.
Flashcards
30 cardsRelated Questions
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In Hurka's "Non-Naturalism, Ch 4 of British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing", Blackburn supports which of the following?
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In Hurka's "Non-Naturalism, Ch 4 of British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing", Rashdall responds to which of the following?
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In Hurka's "Non-Naturalism, Ch 4 of British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing", Ewing departs_from which of the following?
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In Hurka's "Non-Naturalism, Ch 4 of British Ethical Theorists from Sidgwick to Ewing", Moore supports which of the following?
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What is the main difference between moral realism and non-naturalism?