Assess Moral Realism (25)
I will argue that… moral realism is false
P Naturalism
E ex. Utilitarianism
A Is-Ought Gap
C ex. virtue can bridge
E cannot define good (Moore)
P Non-Naturalism
E good = self-evident
A how it’s known - Hume’s Fork
C Synthetics A priori Truths
E Relativity (Mackie)
P Error Theory
E Epistemological Queerness
A Moral progress - can establish moral truths
C Metaphysical Queerness
E Moral Properties are unlikely to exist.
I will argue that… moral realism is false
P Naturalism
E ex. Utilitarianism
A Is-Ought Gap
C ex. virtue can bridge
E cannot define good (Moore)
P Non-Naturalism
E good = self-evident
A how it’s known - Hume’s Fork
C Synthetics A priori Truths
E Relativity (Mackie)
P Error Theory
E Epistemological Queerness
A Moral progress - can establish moral truths
C Metaphysical Queerness
E Moral Properties are unlikely to exist.