intuitionism

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  • intuitionism = moral values are self-evident
  • philosophers that support intuitionism:
    • G.E. Moore
    • W.D. Ross
    • H.A. Pritchard
  • Hume + the is-ought gap
    • main problem against ethical naturalism
    • e.g. oranges have vitamin C (is); it is good to eat oranges (ought)
  • Moore's Open-Question Argument
    • argues that good couldn't be identical to any natural property because any identity claim seems to invite an "open question"
  • W.D. Ross - prima facie duties
    • keeping promises
    • paying back harm done to others
    • not injuring others
    • returning favours + services that others have given us
    • not harming innocent people
    • looking after parents
    use where there are conflicting duties with different people's intuition pointing them in different directions - if there is a conflict, thinking carefully about the dilemma will tell us which takes priority