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WorksheetsAQA Meta Ethics
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following metaethical theories is both cognitivist and anti-realist?
Non-naturalism
Emotivism
Error Theory
Prescriptivism
Which metaethical theory did G.E. Moore argue for?
Naturalism
Non-naturalism
Error Theory
Emotivism
Moore accused utilitarianism of this problem as moral language such as 'good' are indefinable
(a)
Which of the following defines non-cognitive thinking in ethics?
A theory dependent on personal view points.
Judgments that are not true or false because they express emotions.
It defines the words good and bad.
It questions whether an action is right or wrong.
The Ethical Theory that says we use our 'gut reaction' is called
Emotivism
Prescriptivism
Naturalism
Intuitionism
A J Ayer put forward what theory?
Hurrah - Boo
Boo Boo
Boo-Hurrah
Hurrah for chocolate!
What is Emotivism?
A theory where the idea is nonsense.
The idea that the meaning of ethical language is not knowable as its use is only an expression of emotion.
A theory where truth must be discovered by sense perception.
A theory which states that we are far too emotional.
Which of the following is a strength of emotivism?
Emotivism belittles our ability to reason.
Emotions can unite people in a common moral bond, but can also isolate groups and individuals.
Even when moral statements are carried by a weight of public emotion, that does not provide reason for them to be adopted, nor does it make them right.
The importance of each individual’s moral feelings is stressed.
What does the prefix "meta" mean?
"The nature of"/"What it is"
"Change/changing"
"The shape of"
What is moral naturalism?
The idea that morals are mind-independent, natural facts.
The idea that morals are mind-independent,non-natural facts.
The idea that morals are mind-dependent.
What's moral non-naturalism?
The idea that morals are mind-independent, natural facts.
The idea that morals are mind-independent,non-natural facts.
The idea that morals are mind-dependent.
Prescriptivism is an approach put forward by...
Mackie
Ayer
Hare
Prescriptivism is an approach put forward by...
Mackie
Ayer
Hare
Mackie's argument from queerness is an argument against...
Moral relativism
Moral realism
Moral anti-realism
For Bentham, 'right' is reducible to...
pain
preferences
the majority
pleasure
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
anti-realist, non-cognitivist
realist, cognitivist
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
Hume's Law is otherwise known as...
the Naturalistic Fallacy.
the Fallacy of Composition.
not studying philosophy on Mondays and Tuesdays.
the Is/Ought Fallacy.
Nihilism means..
there are no moral facts and no moral truths.
God is dead but humans decide moral truths
there moral truths but they depend on culture
morality is just an expression of emotion
According to Hume, which types of knowledge exist? (tick all that apply)
Empirical
Verifiable
Reasoned
Analytical
Moral Realism states that:
Moral statements are not referring to the world
Moral statements are not capable of being true or false
Moral claims are making reference to facts about the world
There is no such thing as moral knowledge
What is Moore's book called?
Principled Ethics
Principia Ethica
