Objectivist Theories In Ethics | California State University, Northridge

University:
California State University, Northridge
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PSY 150 | Introduction to Psychology
Academic year:

2023
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1
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JJIssac

OBJECTIVIST THEORIES IN ETHICS Overview Assume moral facts exist, potentially knowable Different theories on how to verify moral facts Seek to provide basis for morally right actions Ethical Naturalism Rightness based on human nature and reasoning Ambiguous on which actions are natural/unnatural Contemporary naturalism: evolutionary psychology Evolutionary Psychology Views morality as evolutionary adaptation Explains intraspecies cooperation and altruism Descriptive, not prescriptive Relevance to normative ethics unclear Critique of Ethical Naturalism Naturalistic fallacy: can't define good by what is natural Facts don't tell us about moral judgments Heritability doesn't justify morality of a behavior In summary, objectivist theories hold that moral facts exist and can be known.Naturalism bases morality on human nature but commits the naturalistic fallacy.Evolutionary psychology explains morality descriptively but lacks prescriptiveimplications. Facts alone can't determine moral judgments. Document Outline