METAETHICS
Relativism
Moral values exist and are meaningful
Values change from person to person
More than one right answer when it comes to moral dilemma
Logical Positivism
Attempt to evaluate all philosophical statements in terms of if they are true
If it cannot be proven true or empirical then it is nonsense
Moral statements only express disapproval or approval
Emotivism
All human actions are directed by thought to some extent, for example David Hume's theory
People perform actions despite their own interest
Moral judgements are created from passion and emotion
Intuitionalism
There are moral facts but they're not known through reason
Uses moral compass and sense
Natural sense of right and wrong
Determinism
Every event, decision and action is predetermined from prior events
Level of influence humans have are dependant on past and present events
Moral Naturalism
Appeals to those who believe and do not believe in a higher power
Relies on human nature
Truth is discoverable
Those with the view of religious naturalism, find guidance in the supernatural being
Divine Command Theory
Supernatural being's create right and wrong
The divine being created the universe
Do what you are told rather than what you feel
Skepticism/Nihilism
People have no free will
Following a higher being's guidelines
Cannot be held accountable for actions
moral values exist but are merely opinions
Subjectivists
Moral values rather than moral facts
Moral values exist and guide behaviour
Actions can be either right or wrong, but not all the time or everywhere
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Objectivists
A statement/something that can always be true
Actions are always right or wrong
Something that is true for everyone, no matter what the case
Moral facts rather than moral values
