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Where does morality come from? March 2017

What Questions do you have?

Some Ideas to Discuss What is morality? Is morality objective and/or universal? How can we know what is moral/right? What reasons do we have for acting morally? How can ethical theory help us to live better?

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Attitudes towards morality Objectivism: facts about what is right or wrong, good or bad, which are true independently of what anyone thinks about those facts Subjectivism: facts about what is right or wrong are true only with respect to a particular person or society Nihilism or non-cognitivism: there are no moral facts about what is right or wrong

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Emotivism

Ethical Intuitionism

Ethical Naturalism

Divine Command Theory

Issues from the Literature Is morality part of the natural world? The problem of moral disagreement What things in the world do moral statements refer to? – open question argument Are moral judgements intrinsically motivating? – internalism vs externalism What is the relationship between evolution and morality?

The End

Euthyphro Dilemma "Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?“ "Is what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?"

Euthyphro Dilemma “On the theistic view, objective moral values are rooted in God. God’s own holy and perfectly good nature supplies the absolute standard against which all actions and decisions are measured. God’s moral nature is what Plato called the ‘Good.’ He is the locus and source of moral value. He is by nature loving, generous, just, faithful, kind, and so forth”

Euthyphro Dilemma “God is by nature good” What does this mean? What does it mean to predicate “is good” of God? Is ‘good’ understood with reference to some other properties of God? If so which properties, and what makes them good? If ‘is good’ means ‘is consistent with God’s nature, then ‘God’s nature is to be good’ means nothing more than ‘God’s nature is to be consistent with his own nature’