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Cognitive vs Non-Cognitive: Ethics Made Easy!

Ethical naturalism explores moral objectivism through natural properties, examining how cognitive and non-cognitive approaches shape our understanding of moral truths and ethical statements.

  • Cognitive vs Non-Cognitive ethical statements differ fundamentally in their approach to truth values in moral statements
  • Ethical naturalism and moral objectivism connect moral properties to observable natural qualities
  • Natural properties like happiness and survival advantages form the basis for moral judgments
  • Key philosophers including Bradley, Foot, and Aristotle contribute different perspectives on moral objectivity
  • The approach faces challenges through the naturalistic fallacy and reduction of complex moral concepts
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Cognitive approach states moral statements are capable of being true or false. It aims to describe the world. Non-Cognitive approach states

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Philosophical Perspectives on Natural Morality

The second page delves deeper into philosophical perspectives on natural morality, exploring various interpretations of goodness and moral truth.

Vocabulary: Eudaemonia refers to human flourishing or well-being as the highest good in ethical philosophy.

Example: Kropotkin's refusal to photograph indigenous people while they slept demonstrates practical application of moral principles.

Definition: Intellectual Ethics involves taught qualities, while Moral Virtue develops through habit and experience.

Quote: "We become just by doing just acts" - Aristotle's perspective on moral development.

Cognitive approach states moral statements are capable of being true or false. It aims to describe the world. Non-Cognitive approach states

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Evaluating Naturalism's Impact

The third page examines the Naturalism strengths and weaknesses in ethics, providing a comprehensive analysis of its practical implications.

Highlight: Naturalism provides a scientific approach to morality, allowing for rational discussion and verification of moral claims.

Definition: The Naturalistic Fallacy refers to the error of defining good solely in terms of natural properties.

Example: Reducing complex moral concepts like "good" and "evil" to simple psychological states of pleasure and pain demonstrates a key weakness.

Vocabulary: Moral objectivism refers to the view that moral truths exist independently of what people believe or feel.

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Ethical naturalism explores moral objectivism through natural properties, examining how cognitive and non-cognitive approaches shape our understanding of moral truths and ethical statements.

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Philosophical Perspectives on Natural Morality

The second page delves deeper into philosophical perspectives on natural morality, exploring various interpretations of goodness and moral truth.

Vocabulary: Eudaemonia refers to human flourishing or well-being as the highest good in ethical philosophy.

Example: Kropotkin's refusal to photograph indigenous people while they slept demonstrates practical application of moral principles.

Definition: Intellectual Ethics involves taught qualities, while Moral Virtue develops through habit and experience.

Quote: "We become just by doing just acts" - Aristotle's perspective on moral development.

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Evaluating Naturalism's Impact

The third page examines the Naturalism strengths and weaknesses in ethics, providing a comprehensive analysis of its practical implications.

Highlight: Naturalism provides a scientific approach to morality, allowing for rational discussion and verification of moral claims.

Definition: The Naturalistic Fallacy refers to the error of defining good solely in terms of natural properties.

Example: Reducing complex moral concepts like "good" and "evil" to simple psychological states of pleasure and pain demonstrates a key weakness.

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Understanding Ethical Naturalism's Foundations

The first page introduces fundamental concepts in ethical philosophy, particularly focusing on cognitive and non-cognitive approaches to moral statements. Ethical naturalism and moral objectivism emerge as key frameworks for understanding moral truth.

Definition: Cognitive approach views moral statements as capable of being true or false, while non-cognitive approach considers ethical statements as subjective expressions.

Example: Happiness as a natural quality can be measured and compared across situations, making it a basis for moral judgment.

Highlight: Ethical naturalists maintain that moral truths are absolute facts discoverable in the natural world, similar to scientific facts.

Quote: "Everything arises from natural properties and causes" - Bradley's fundamental assertion about moral properties.

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