PP110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Kantian Ethics, Emotivism
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~in order to explain and understand moral judgments we need a conceptual framework, a theory. What it ought to be rather than what it is. How the world should be rather than what it is. ~moral sense and intuition can be used as evidence for moral claims. It is i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to de(cid:396)ive a(cid:374) (cid:862)ought-state(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a(cid:374)y (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) of (cid:862)is-state(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts(cid:863) Moral judgements are emotional as opposed to rational. *moral judegments are absolute in that they are good or bad in their own right. *other judgements about actions are relative in that they are good or bad for some end (purpose) *while moral judgements might be absolute, it is not clear they are universal as opposed to relative. *three basic types of ethical theory: consequentialist. Any ethical theory based on measuring some act as good or bad according to the consequences that are likely to follow from. Steal medicine from the pharmacy in order to save a life: deontological.
