Health Sciences 2610F/G Lecture Notes - Morphine, Veganism, Brainstem
27 Apr 2014
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The fundamental beliefs and/or knowledge that contextualize your ethical beliefs. Meta-ethics: pure theory about right and wrong. Ethics: deciding what is right or wrong in situations (meta-ethics applied) Action: following through: actually doing what you think is right, not always the right thing . Talking about ethics- not ethical issues (theory not application) Takes place outside ethics- before actual ethical discussion about a subject can begin. Foundation of your ethical beliefs: must be consistency. Examples of meta-ethical questions: what is right and wrong, how can someone know right from wrong, why behave ethically in the first place, where does moral authority come from, is there a universal moral truth, realism vs. anti-realism. Realism: universal truth (facts) exist outside of mine (truth is real ) Anti realism denies that universal truth exists: moral values are not like those facts. Most people are inbetween figure out where you are. Your metaethical perspective helps guide your ethical beliefs and actions.
