GE Moore Response Give GE Moores Response to

GE Moore Response • Give GE Moore’s Response to hearing the following radio clip, work with someone else. WORDS - fallacy, illogical, meaningless, empirical, verifiable

Learning Objectives: • Extension Question – What inconsistency undermines Moore’s criticism? • To understand how GE Moore’s rejection of ethical naturalism leads him to an ethically non-naturalist position • • To know what ethical nonnaturalism and intuitionism mean and how they link to cognitive/non-cognitive positions • • To consider W. D Ross’ prima facie duties

Ethical Non-Naturalism • GE Moore rejects ethical naturalism, so how does he know what is good or bad if we cannot make a meaningful statement about them?

• Define yellow • “We know what yellow is and can recognise it whenever it is seen, but we cannot define yellow. ”

Intuitionism (Ethical Non-Naturalism) • “In the same way we know what good is. But we cannot actually define it. ” Moore ‘Principa Ethica’.

Intuitionism • Self-evident first, rationalised second • Not with reference to any situation • Cognitive or noncognitive (your intuition) ? • Undefinable but knowable W. D Ross G. E Moore

Stand Discuss (Your View) • Answer the question. Try to use an example to illustrate your point. • Please use the textbook section on ethical nonnaturalism to guide your thoughts • Ext – Is intuitionism cognitive or noncognitive?

W. D Ross • Ross says there are foundational moral principles that are self-evident intuitive truths. He called these prima facie (roughly intuitive duty). • What might these be? ? ? Diff. Pairs

Prima Facie • • Beneficence (being generous) Faithfulness in relationships Gratitude Justice Non-maleficence (not being hurtful) Promise-keeping Self-improvement

Crits • Intuitionism crits… • Any objection to these intuitive foundational moral principles prima facie? ? ? • Are they intuitive? Is faithfulness like the colour yellow?