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Full Idea
Critics asked (of intuitionism) why, if moral facts are as the intuitionists say, we should care about them at all.
Gist of Idea
If there are intuited moral facts, why should we care about them?
Source
Jonathan Dancy (Intuitionism [1991])
Book Ref
'A Companion to Ethics', ed/tr. Singer,Peter [Blackwell 1993], p.414
A Reaction
It is a good question, as we don't care much about other a priori truths, such as the square root of 169.
| 7260 | If there are intuited moral facts, why should we care about them? [Dancy,J] |
| 7261 | Internalists say that moral intuitions are motivating; externalist say a desire is also needed [Dancy,J] |
| 7262 | Obviously judging an action as wrong gives us a reason not to do it [Dancy,J] |
| 7265 | Moral facts are not perceived facts, but perceived reasons for judgements [Dancy,J] |