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[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism]

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 Reference

'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.