Metaethics - Philosophy A Level Quiz

What is the main debate in metaethics about?

• The validity of historical events

• The nature of scientific facts

• The existence of God

• Whether mind-independent moral properties exist

What does moral realism assert?

• Moral properties are mind-dependent

• Moral properties are subjective

• Moral properties do not exist

• Moral properties are mind-independent and objective

Which theory claims that moral judgements express cognitive mental states?

• Non-cognitivism

• Emotivism

• Cognitivism

• Prescriptivism

What is the main claim of ethical naturalism?

• Moral properties are supernatural

• Moral properties are non-natural properties

• Moral properties do not exist

• Moral properties are natural properties

According to utilitarianism, what is 'good' reduced to?

• Wealth

• Pain

• Pleasure

• Power

What is the naturalistic fallacy?

• Equating goodness with a historical property

• Equating goodness with a supernatural property

• Equating goodness with a natural property

• Equating goodness with a fictional property

What does error theory claim about moral judgements?

• They are subjective opinions

• They are always true

• They are cognitive statements but false

• They are non-cognitive statements

What is emotivism's view on moral judgements?

• They express feelings of approval or disapproval

• They express cognitive beliefs

• They are logical deductions

• They are factual statements

What does prescriptivism say about moral judgements?

• They are factual statements

• They are always false

• They express non-cognitive instructions

• They express cognitive beliefs

What is the main point of moral judgements according to R.M. Hare?

• To guide conduct

• To express emotions

• To prove scientific facts

• To describe reality