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Ideas for Galen, Simon Blackburn and W. David Ross
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Some philosophers always want more from morality; for others, nature is enough [Blackburn]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism
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Moral duties are as fundamental to the universe as the axioms of mathematics [Ross]
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The beauty of a patch of colour might be the most important fact about it [Ross]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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Ross said moral principles are self-evident from the facts, but not from pure thought [Ross, by Dancy,J]
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The moral convictions of thoughtful educated people are the raw data of ethics [Ross]
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The main objection to intuitionism in ethics is that intuition is a disguise for prejudice or emotion [Blackburn]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism
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Critics of prescriptivism observe that it is consistent to accept an ethical verdict but refuse to be bound by it [Blackburn]
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