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	meta ethics
		Ethical intuitionism or ethical non-naturalism, which holds that there are objective, irreducible moral properties (such as the property of 'goodness'), and that we sometimes have intuitive awareness of moral properties or of moral truths.
		Ethical subjectivism, which holds that moral statements are made true or false by the attitudes and/or conventions of observers.
		Ethical naturalism, which holds that there are objective moral properties, but that these properties are reducible to entirely non-ethical properties.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /meta_ethics.html (428 words)

	Sample Chapter for Audi, R.: The Good in the Right: A Theory of Intuition and Intrinsic Value.
		Chapter 1 introduces ethical intuitionism, beginning with Sidgwick's account of the position and proceeding, through Moore, Prichard, and Broad, to the position of Ross, which was the most prominent intuitionist view throughout most of the twentieth century.
		Some ethical thinkers may be content to work with a Rossian intuitionism and may take it to be as systematic a position as we can hope for in ethics.
		The Kantian intuitionism defended in Chapter 3 can be developed without conceiving it as groundable in the theory of value proposed in this chapter, but the two combined provide a more plausible, more comprehensive ethical theory.
	pup.princeton.edu /chapters/i7750.html (1331 words)

	intuition from FOLDOC
		Even though intuitionism is a form of intrinsicism, it ends up being a kind of subjectivism, in which the justification for ethical values is the fact that a certain person or philosopher thinks they are true.
		Historically, intuitionism has tended to be a kind of deontologism, although the cause may have been simply the beliefs of the intuitionists themselves and not anything about intuitionism in general.
		This ethical doctrine is derived from a more general idea in epistemology dating back to Plato: namely, a radical intrinsicism which holds that all of our knowledge is gained through intuition, immediate insight, or spiritual vision of a transcendent higher reality.
	lgxserver.uniba.it /lei/foldop/foldoc.cgi?intuition (395 words)

	Entry on inutitionism in ethics — RLF
		Intuitionism in ethics proposes that we have a capacity for intuition and that some of the facts or properties that we intuit are irreducibly ethical.
		Intuitionism, and its commitment to irreducibly ethical facts or properties that we can directly apprehend, is incompatible with a broadly scientific, or naturalistic, picture of the world and how we learn about it.
		The rejection of intuitionism is usually a consequence of rejecting one or more of the views that motivate it: moral realism, the autonomy of ethics and, in the case of traditional intuitionism, foundationalism.
	kant1.chch.ox.ac.uk /philosophy/intuit (2094 words)

	How might a moral relativist respond to the claim that people should always tell the truth?
		Ethical non-naturalism denies this and claims instead that ethical propositions ascribe a certain indefinable quality to objects and actions and that these propositions will be deemed true or false by the process of intuitionism.
		Ethical naturalism and ethical non-naturalism are both cognitive theories of meta-ethics; they both maintain that ethical propositions communicate a type of knowledge.
		If ethical language can ever be reduced to factual statements, then it can never be regarded as true or false on the basis of observable evidence.
	www.coursework.info /i/53035.html (418 words)

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		Intuitionism has been, I think, often prejudged to be not worth studying because it is taken to be fundamentally non-explanatory.
		Take, for example, the worry some have that intuitionism lacks the unity desirable in a theory because the basic duties which Ross arrives at are not connected to each other: they are simply distinct and none is derivable from any other.
		Of all the different versions of intuitionism, by far the most systematic and best-known account is that of W. Ross, which I will use as the starting point for discussion.
	www.philosophy.uncc.edu /mleldrid/SzCMT/McN.html (9550 words)

	OHIO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ETHICS
		It originates from the legal and ethical right the patient has to direct what happens to their body and from the ethical duty of the therapist to involve the patient in her health care.
		Ethical questions involve 1) responsibilities to the welfare of others or to the human community; or 2) conflicts among loyalties to different persons or groups, among responsibilities associated with one’s role (e.g.
		Morals include ethically examined practices, but may also include practices that have not been ethically analyzed, such as social customs, emotional responses to breaches of socially accepted practices and social prejudices.
	www.cheapceus.com /Ohiotherapy.html (4902 words)

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		Ethical Egoism does not help us, however, in solving conflicts between parties where each claims that the action which is in their best self-interest, is the right action.
		Ethical Egoism defines 'good' as 'in one's best self interest,' and it is clear that this will lead to contradictions and conflict.
		Universal Ethical Egoism therefore states that we have a free will, that we can, that is: have the possibility, to do whatever we want to do.
	www.dmacc.cc.ia.us /instructors/gkbeynen/ETHMIDTS1.htm (4967 words)

	Bloomsbury.com - Research centre
		Ethical intuitionists, in philosophy, deny that moral judgements are merely expressions of emotion or approval.
		Ethical knowledge, so conceived, has been compared to mathematical knowledge, where the latter consists of knowing the consequences of certain self-evident axioms, axioms grasped by some form of mathematical intuition.
		They argue that there is a special faculty of moral intuition which gives us access to moral truths, to facts about what we ought and ought not to do.
	www.bloomsburymagazine.com /ARC/detail.asp?EntryID=102020&bid=2 (141 words)

	Term Papers College, Term papers, Vol.85, Pg.22, 051121
		This paper explores the views of philosopher G. Moore on ethical intuitionism in his work "Principia Ethica" and for his role in the formation of the "Naturalistic Fallacy" - where natural properties and only natural properties are attributed to what constitutes the value of good.
		A discussion of the lack of ethical communication in organizations and the constant increase in the organizational ethical dilemma.
		Discusses the basic ethical rules to be considered in the decision-making process, focusing on physician-assisted suicide.
	www.term-papers-college.org /lib/essay/85_22.html (2641 words)

	Intuitionism
		Intuitionism does not give sufficient reason for moving from believing something is wrong to knowing that something is wrong, except by personal introspection.
		Moore was an ethical teleologist, which forces him to only consider the consequences, not the (possibly immoral) actions that lead you there.
		Intuitionism does not overcome the hurdle of how our knowledge of moral facts and our belief in them can motivate us to act morally.
	www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk /intranets/religious_studies/documents/ethics/intuitionism.htm (2245 words)

	The Language of Ethics - Questia Online Library
		Ethical naturalism asserted that ethical words refer to empirical characteristics; ethical intuitionism contended that ethical words refer to nonnatural characteristics.
		The emotive theory of ethics is the view that the meaning of ethical sentences is primarily emotive.
		In spite of their intense disagreements, both views assumed that ethical sentences must be descriptive in some way.
	www.questia.com /PM.qst?a=o&d=11214405 (164 words)

	Intuitionism
		The problem is that Moore’s non-natural intuitionism sent moral theory in the wrong direction--re-inforced intuitionist tendencies, led to emotivism and non-naturalism, and deflected attention from the emerging non-reductionist naturalist approach of pragmatism.
		“Ethical naturalist” is the name given to a thnker who has—or is taken to have—defined moral words, such as “good” or “right,’ in terms of natural properties.
		He offers us a start on what a moral theory should do in his effort to defend Intuitionism:
	www.philosophy.uncc.edu /mleldrid/SzCMT/intuit.html (1305 words)

	According to Webster's dictionary, there are two definitions of the word 'ethics'
		Ethical intuitionism is the direct awareness of true right and wrong which can be formalized in the mind by logic and translated into rules of social action.
		MORAL PHILOSOPHY BASED ON "Our knowledge of human nature does not lead to ethical relativism, but to the conviction that the sources of norms for ethical conduct are to be found in man's nature itself; moral norms are based on man's inherent qualities, and their violation results in mental and emotional disintegration.
		The great tradition of humanistic ethical thought is based on a wholistic perspective of man in his 'physico-spiritual totality'.
	www.holisticeducator.com /humanisticethics.htm (1305 words)

	RIGHT AND THE GOOD by Ross, David, Ross, Sir William D, STRATTON-LAKE, PHILIP (DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY, ROSS, DAVID (FORMERLY PROVOST OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD, HONORARY FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE, AND FELLO
		Ross's book is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominant moral theory in British philosophy for much of the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
		Ross's book, originally published in 1930, is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominant moral theory in British philosophy for much of the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
		Intuitionism is now enjoying a considerable revival, and this new edition provides the context for a proper understanding of Ross's great work.
	www.studentbookworld.com /BookDetail/0199252653.html (393 words)

	COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
		Following the pre-requisite course in classical ethical theories, the primary focus of this course is to develop an in-depth understanding of contemporary ethical theories.
		The purpose of this course is to engage the philosophy major in advanced research, discussion, and writing involving contemporary ethical theories, their philosophical foundations, and their application.
		A second and related goal of this course is to reinforce the development of your ability, as a philosophy major, to effectively analyze important issues in ethical theory and, most importantly, to formulate your own proposed resolution to those issues.
	ww2.coastal.edu /pschneid/phil37.htm (1475 words)

	Literature of Liberty 1980 vol. 3: The Online Library of Liberty
		Ethical emotivism, the third major meta-ethical theory, is the view that people use ethical terms not to refer to their ostensible objects (people and actions) but to express certain attitudes toward them and to attempt to evoke those attitudes in others.
		Ethical egoism, unlike psychological egoism, is a substantive view of normative ethics, the view that each person should act in such a way as to promote his or her own self-interest (usually long-term self-interest).
		The principal barrier to the acceptance of ethical egoism has been the concept of "the moral point of view"—the God's-eye point of view, that of the impartial and omniscient spectator who judges fairly on the basis of the interests of all parties (like a judge in court) rather than the interests of one individual.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/LiteratureOfLiberty0352/0353-11_1980v3.html (10868 words)

	THE TENDENCY TO BE RIGHT EXPLANATION — RLF
		Similarly, one of the best criticisms of Ross's theory can be found in "Ethical Intuitionism" by P. Strawson.
		The first step in determining whether or not we should deny the ethical analog to ND is to figure out what it is. Intuitively, the underlying idea behind ND is that what phenomenon occurs in a situation follows from the nature of antecedent phenomena and the relevant physical laws.
		A ethical covering law theorist could just as well, and as reasonably, believe that there is some underlying moral principle that, when discovered, will render the use of Principles of Prima Facie Obligation unnecessary in an explanation of particular moral obligations.
	kant1.chch.ox.ac.uk /philosophy/diss/node3.html (9738 words)

	UNIT FOUR
		The belief that any talk of morals or ethics, or moral or ethical behaviour is merely an empty use of language: it denotes nothing for there is no such thing as ethic or morals in human society.
		The moral system of Immanuel Kant would be an example of a deontological ethical system.
		The view that there is no way of rationally resolving fundamental moral disputes, for fundamental moral judgments or ultimate moral principles cannot be correctly said to be 'true' or 'false' in such a way that a rational agent, appraised of the relevant facts in a given situation, would agree to their truth or falsity.
	fp.uni.edu /prahl/intro_to_phil_unit_four_terms.htm (901 words)

	Intuitionism
		ETHICAL INTUITIONISM II by J. Lucas PHILOSOPHY, THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY, VOL.
	www.rsweb.org.uk /ethics/intuit.html (37 words)

	PP3EIN-Ethical Intuitionism
		By the end of this course, the student will be able to give an overview of different the central aims and arguments of ethical intuitionism, to distinguish different types of intuitionist (monist, pluralist, epistemological), and to give examples of philosophers who have held these different views.
		Johnson, "Ethical Intuitionism: A Restatement", in Philosophical Quarterly, 7, 1957, pp.
		Audi, "Intuitionism, Pluralism, and the Foundations of Ethics", Moral Knowledge, W. Sinnott-Armstrong and M. Timmons (eds), pp.101-136, and in R. Audi's Moral Knowledge and Ethical Character.
	www.info.rdg.ac.uk /module/0405/AH/PP3EIN.htm (646 words)

	West Valley College Philosophy 3: Ethics
		Formulate and defend a coherent personal ethical stance, but be able to understand and appreciate a variety of ethical views, and engage in dialog with persons of different ethical traditions.
		These ethical systems are applied to contemporary ethical problems and social issues, such as abortion, capital punishment, feminism, euthanasia, animal rights, and racism.
		The course requires the student to write a sequence of ethical "position papers", which are evaluated for both quality of analysis and English composition skills.
	www.westvalley.edu /ph/phil3.html (752 words)

	Henry Sidgwick
		It finds ethical egoism as reasonable as utilitarianism; and it concludes with arguments to show that, because of this, no full reconciliation of the various rational methods for reaching moral decisions is possible and therefore that the realm of practical reason is probably incoherent.
		Indeed, intuitionism figures in both the second method of ethics, and, in a more philosophical form, in the treatment of all the methods of ethics, particularly when it comes to the discussion of fundamental principles.
		Calderwood's Intuitionism as a phase in the development of the Intuitional method, which comes naturally between the crude thought of Butler's ‘plain man’ and the Rational Utilitarianism to which I ultimately endeavor to lead my reader.” That is, allowing that the morality of common sense is his as well, he must as a philosopher nonetheless
	www.science.uva.nl /~seop/archives/spr2005/entries/sidgwick (11897 words)

	Omniseek: /Arts & Humanities /Humanities /Philosophy /Ethics /Metaethics
		Ethical Intuitionism - Places ethical intuitionism within the context of cognitivism and non-cognitivism theories, objective and subjective theories, and naturalist and non-naturalist theories.
		Places ethical intuitionism within the context of cognitivism and non-cognitivism theories, objective and subjective theories, and naturalist and non-naturalist theories
		Ethics is the study of what's right and wrong (the word "morality" has a very similar, if not identical meaning) - as in "Stealing is wrong", not as in "2+2=3 is wrong".
	www.omniseek.com /srch/{70420} (396 words)

	Ethical non-naturalism
		Ethical non-naturalism is the view that ethical sentences express propositions, and that they cannot be reduced to nonethical sentences.
		We could go on and talk about moral intuitionism for a long time, because there are, believe it or not, lots of different varieties to the theory.
		If you take a class in ethical theory, you'll probably study it again in more depth.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Ethical-non-naturalism.htm (2496 words)

	Objectivism Online Forum > Michael Huemer's Critique on Objectivism
		My moral theory is known as "ethical intuitionism".
		Translation: "My moral theory is known as 'ethical intuitionism'.
		It does not refer to a kind of supernatural sixth sense, it does not have anything to do with "women's intuition", it does not refer to an inarticulate sense of something caused by one's experience with similar situations.
	www.objectivismonline.net /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t673.html (982 words)

	Tools : The Right and the Good (British Moral Philosophers)
		This book is essential reading for anyone interested in ethical intuitionism or the history of twentieth-century ethical theory, and I heartily recommend it to anyone interested in ethical theory more generally.
		While his intuitionism doesn't leave room for much to say about ethical epistemology, he says more than Moore did and what he does say is somewhat more plausible.
		Three main subjects are discussed in the introduction: Ross's non-naturalist moral realism; his ethical intuitionism; and his deontological and pluralist critique of consequentialism.
	www.homeremodelingtoday.com /tools/bosch/0199252653 (1102 words)

	A CHECKLIST FOR METAPHYSICS AND ETHICS
		Ross agreed with what G. Moore called the naturalistic fallacy, which maintains that ought cannot be derived from is, that one should not define ethical terms by means of nonethical terms; ethical intuitionism.
		When the right is taken to be the key to ethical behavior, ethics becomes oriented to ideas of obligation and duty, centering around the stating of principles of behavior, rather than the tracing of consequences.
		____Narrative Ethics claims that stories, are not ethical because of their morals or because of their normative logic, but are ethical because of their function of binding teller, listener, witness, and reader to one another.
	www.newthoughtalliance.org /pages/cklist.htm (1133 words)

	Scottish Nous: Forced Redistribution Justified?
		Actually, the argument covers too much territory in too brief a space (though Tom is, of course, correct in asserting the truth of metaethical intuitionism, a theory which Tom hopefully agrees yields the result that ethical intuitionism is also true).
		The principle, it is true, asks for a Christ-like sacrifice for all of humanity, but given the stipulated massive benefits that would accrue to the rest of humanity, one might take (at least in certain carefully described cases) the sacrifice to be morally obligatory.
		Anti-utilitarians like myself recognize that some of these intuitions are justified, but refrain from attempts to systematize them into an absurd and counterintuitive moral theory.
	scottishnous.typepad.com /my_weblog/2005/07/forced_redistri.html (1469 words)

	Reviving Moral Standards
		In a scholarly book, 'Sociobiology: The New Synthesis,' which he published in 1975 (Harvard University Press), Edward O. Wilson wrote under what he called ethical intuitionism that "belief in the mind has a direct awareness of true right and wrong that it can formalize by logic and translate into rules of social action."
		Yet, as has been demonstrated down the ages, the absence of moral standards and ethical values is the main reason communities and nations are in such turmoil.
		The Inter-Religious Organization should also now see the teaching of character development and moral and ethical values as one of its goals to unify the Guyanese citizenry.
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news401/nc40121.htm (525 words)

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