PHL275H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Open-Question Argument, Expressivism, Moral Realism
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Moral realism moral judgements can be objectively true/false. Thesis of autonomy of ethics moral judgements are a separate kind of judgment, neither equivalent to nor derivable from non moral judgments like those of science, religion, psychology. Common sense view that moral judgments can be true. Ex. if you believe slavery is wrong then you"re right & your belief is true. Belief was true in ancient greece when people didn"t believe it would be true now if we didn"t believe it. Common sense also recognizes moral judgements are special kind of judgments. To say slavery is wrong ascribe property to slaverly (wrongness) But distinctive kind of property not one we can detect directly by senses (can"t see/hear/touch) being an electron. Nor can we have indirect sensory evidence of it ex. Can"t do an experiment to figure out if slavery is wrong. Not part of physical/natural world non natural property.
