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METAETHICS
GROUP-H
Adil, Abhinay, Yagyesh, Naveen, Rajkumari, Kushal, Amratya, Indrajeet and Ajay
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● What if you set out to harm someone, but you ended up saving their life by accident?
● to discover moral truths, whose existence is testable and provable
but getting nabbed for murder was NOT part of his plan.
the old woman wasn’t dead.
having passed out because of a carbon monoxide leak that would have killed her.
When the burglar broke the window, he let out some of the toxic gas, and let in fresh air,
Your answers to these questions will help you suss out where your moral sensibilities lie.
● Some things are just wrong, and others are indisputably right
● you don’t have to dig very deep into moral realism before you run into trouble
● if there are moral facts, where do they come from?
● : Moral Antirealism
● , they believe there are some moral facts that don’t change.
● Moral facts apply as universally and as constantly as gravity or the speed of light.
● , capital punishment is morally correct in some cultures and is morally wrong in others
● it’s the moral fact of the matter that differs, based on culture
● , normative cultural relativism might sound pretty good to you; it does at first to a lot of people.
● . it’s all about inclusiveness and tolerance
● For instance
● another ethical theory
● known as utilitarianism
includes animals