PHL275H1 Lecture 5: PHL275H1 Lecture : Week 4/2
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Metaethics: study of what morality is, or what we do when making judgments on right/wrong/good/bad. Started with moore: expressing view called non- naturalist moral realism: combines moral realism with thesis of autonomy of ethics. Common sense view: believes moral judgments can be true/false, recognizes that moral judgments are special kind of judgment: do say something is wrong scribes a certain property to it. If moral judgments aren"t about the natural world, they are not known in the way we know about the natural world (direct insight/intuition) Non naturalism was dominant metaethical view in first third of 20th century, before philosophers started to propose alternative view. Expressivism: denies realism, saying that moral judgments can"t be true or false. David hume: expressivism doesn"t deny the autonomy of ethics (accepts it, can"t derive ought from an is) This is not universal, as command issued by moral judgment is, and is categorical.
