PHI 2396 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Monism, Act Utilitarianism, Rule Utilitarianism
3 Dec 2014
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It is a branch of philosophy that deals with questions of right and wrong conduct, and with what we ought to do and what we ought to refrain from doing. Some believe there are no objective standards of right and wrong. They feel that right and wrong depends on how they feel and by the views of the society. Others believe there are absolute standards that are independent of what people think about them. Ethical non-cognitivism: ethics is a matter of feelings: something is right because it feels right, hard to convince others with reasoning. Ethical relativism: ethics is relative to a particular point of view. Ethical statements are cognitively meaningful but they do not hold in any objective sense because they depend on our point of view. Just because some people believe or some don"t, doesn"t make ethical statement true or false. What"s right in one place, could be wrong in another.
