A+ Metaethics Solutions 2024(100%
Correct)
What is the difference between normative ethics and metaethics? - ANS-metaethics=
beliefs beyond in situations, questions you ask "before", beliefs about morality or
moral practice in general
normative ethics= talk about being wrong vs right and good vs bad, "shoulds"
-object, intention, circumstance
What is subjectivism? - ANS-moral beliefs express our personal preferences just like pie
personal preferences for ice cream or kinds of music
it is right if a person believes it is right
What is emotivism? - ANS-emotivism is the idea of the impossibility of moral agreement
in culture because of judgments based on how people feel
What does Charles Taylor believe? - ANS-the idea that morals have become separated
from moral sources. people are less likely to feel embedded on a moral landscape
If you had to put it in your own words, how would you define "moral character"? -
ANS-"moral character" is the kind of person that people portray for others. Moral
meaning what we think is right and wrong and character, being their normal selves.
Outside of your immediate family, what institutions have helped you develop your own
sense of right and wrong? - ANS-all the pain and hardship we have to go through to get
where we are today
Metaethics - ANS-* the stem of "meta-" is "beyond" -these are beliefs "beyond"
everyday situations.
* enable system to have a function
* What makes it wrong to cheat? What makes it wrong to steal?
* Are there some universal moral principles everyone should follow?
* Differences in moral beliefs are just differences in opinion
* It's right if everyone else is doing it.
* Is it right if I can get away with it?
, * general principles or questions about the nature and justification of beliefs
* what you believe about your moral beliefs
Metaethical Position - ANS-subjectivism
objectivism
pragmatism
relativism
Subjectivism - ANS-moral beliefs express our personal preferences just like our
personal preferences for ice cream or kinds of music
* it is right if a person believes it is right
* "I personally believe it is wrong to cheat on a test, but if others think it is right, then
that's what they believe."
Pragmatism - ANS-moral beliefs express our understanding of what works so that we
can get results we want
* it is right if it works, if it works then it is righ
* "If I can get away with cheating and my grades will go up if I do, then it is right."
Relativism - ANS-moral beliefs are expressed as cultural opinion
* it is right if and because the majority of people believe it is right
* "If everyone else is cheating, then it is right to cheat."
Objectivism - ANS-the universe contains truths that are true whether or not we like them
- there are moral truths out there bigger than any one person's beliefs. * some things are
correct and some things are wrong, regardless of what people think. this shapes our
moral behavior
* "It's always wrong to cheat on a test, no matter the situation"
Can you be both at once? - ANS-While it's possible to be one position on one issue and
another on a different issue, you cannot hold two metaethical positions on a single issue
at one time
* you can't always be against cheating(claim to be an objectivist) but make an
exception for yourself or your friend (Actually a subjectvisit)
What problem does D. Brooks have with young persons' subjectivist metaethics? Do
you agree? why or why not? - ANS-The problem that D. Brooks has with young peoples'
subjectivist metaethics is that its not our moral beliefs.
* Willingness and Acceptance
Correct)
What is the difference between normative ethics and metaethics? - ANS-metaethics=
beliefs beyond in situations, questions you ask "before", beliefs about morality or
moral practice in general
normative ethics= talk about being wrong vs right and good vs bad, "shoulds"
-object, intention, circumstance
What is subjectivism? - ANS-moral beliefs express our personal preferences just like pie
personal preferences for ice cream or kinds of music
it is right if a person believes it is right
What is emotivism? - ANS-emotivism is the idea of the impossibility of moral agreement
in culture because of judgments based on how people feel
What does Charles Taylor believe? - ANS-the idea that morals have become separated
from moral sources. people are less likely to feel embedded on a moral landscape
If you had to put it in your own words, how would you define "moral character"? -
ANS-"moral character" is the kind of person that people portray for others. Moral
meaning what we think is right and wrong and character, being their normal selves.
Outside of your immediate family, what institutions have helped you develop your own
sense of right and wrong? - ANS-all the pain and hardship we have to go through to get
where we are today
Metaethics - ANS-* the stem of "meta-" is "beyond" -these are beliefs "beyond"
everyday situations.
* enable system to have a function
* What makes it wrong to cheat? What makes it wrong to steal?
* Are there some universal moral principles everyone should follow?
* Differences in moral beliefs are just differences in opinion
* It's right if everyone else is doing it.
* Is it right if I can get away with it?
, * general principles or questions about the nature and justification of beliefs
* what you believe about your moral beliefs
Metaethical Position - ANS-subjectivism
objectivism
pragmatism
relativism
Subjectivism - ANS-moral beliefs express our personal preferences just like our
personal preferences for ice cream or kinds of music
* it is right if a person believes it is right
* "I personally believe it is wrong to cheat on a test, but if others think it is right, then
that's what they believe."
Pragmatism - ANS-moral beliefs express our understanding of what works so that we
can get results we want
* it is right if it works, if it works then it is righ
* "If I can get away with cheating and my grades will go up if I do, then it is right."
Relativism - ANS-moral beliefs are expressed as cultural opinion
* it is right if and because the majority of people believe it is right
* "If everyone else is cheating, then it is right to cheat."
Objectivism - ANS-the universe contains truths that are true whether or not we like them
- there are moral truths out there bigger than any one person's beliefs. * some things are
correct and some things are wrong, regardless of what people think. this shapes our
moral behavior
* "It's always wrong to cheat on a test, no matter the situation"
Can you be both at once? - ANS-While it's possible to be one position on one issue and
another on a different issue, you cannot hold two metaethical positions on a single issue
at one time
* you can't always be against cheating(claim to be an objectivist) but make an
exception for yourself or your friend (Actually a subjectvisit)
What problem does D. Brooks have with young persons' subjectivist metaethics? Do
you agree? why or why not? - ANS-The problem that D. Brooks has with young peoples'
subjectivist metaethics is that its not our moral beliefs.
* Willingness and Acceptance
