WorksheetsMeta Ethics - key terms and naturalism p 1-11
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 11mins
What does the prefix "meta" mean?
"The nature of"/"What it is"
"Change/changing"
"The shape of"
What's moral realism?
The belief that morals are expressions of emotion.
The belief that morals are contrary to nature.
The belief that morals aren't "natural".
The belief that moral terms refer to something mind independent and objective
What's moral anti-realism?
The belief that morals are expressions of emotion.
The belief that morals are contrary to nature.
The belief that morals aren't real or objective.
The belief that morals are real and objective
Cognitivism claims...
...that moral language expresses propositions which can be known.
... that moral language doesn't express beliefs, but some other state.
... that moral language is motivating.
...that moral properties are mind-independent.
Non-cognitivism claims...
...that moral language expresses beliefs.
...that moral language doesn't express beliefs, but some other state.
...that moral language is motivating.
What is moral naturalism?
The idea that moral terms are mind-independent, natural facts.
The idea that moral terms are mind-independent,non-natural facts.
The idea that moral terms are mind-dependent.
The idea that moral terms are expressions of emotion.
For Bentham, 'right' is reducible to...
pain
pleasure
the majority
preferences
Finish Mill's quote: we have not only all the proof which that case admits or, but all which it is possible to require, that...
happiness is good
that people desire happiness
that Utilitarianism is correct
that higher pleasures are more valuable
What, according to Aristotle, is humanity's greatest natural quality?
happiness
rationality
courage
cleverness
What two qualities does naturalism have?
realist, non-cognitivist
anti-realist, cognitivist
realist, cognitivist
anti-realist, non-cognitivist
The main consequentialist intuitionist
Gregory Edward Moore
George Edward Moore
Graham Edward Moore
Grant Edward Moore
Complete Moore's quote: when I call such propositions Intuitions, I mean merely to assert that they are incapable of ..........; I imply nothing whatever as to the manner or ........ of our cognition of them. YOU NEED TO CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS
Proof
verification
source
origin
What does Moore compare 'good' to, to prove it is a simple, unanalysable propoerty?
love
sadness
yellow
pain
According to Pritchard, 'obligatoriness' is only known through...
intuition
reason
logic
happiness
What analogy did Mill use in his 'proof' that happiness = goodness
hearing
sight
touch
taste
Which fallacy occurs when we use a term with more than one meaning in a misleading way?
the fallacy of composition
the naturalistic fallacy
the fallacy of quivocation
the linguistic fallacy
Which fallacy occurs when assume that just because each individual desires something, that we will desire that thing for each other?
the fallacy of composition
the naturalistic fallacy
the fallacy of quivocation
the linguistic fallacy
In which book do we find Hobbes' social contract theory?
Nichomachean
Leviathan
Metaphysics
The greater good
During the 1800s, the writings of Marx, Engels, and Dickens focused attention on the problems faced by
factory owners
investment bankers
farm laborers
industrial workers
For Karl Marx, what sits at the base of society?
Religoin
Politics
Education
Economy
For Karl Marx, God...
Creates the rules we should all follow
Is used as a vehicle for the powerful to control the workers
What did Karl Marx call things such as the media, religion, education and culture?
Ideology
Control measures
Expressive desires
Objective entities
