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Ethics

2 dot points across 2 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Are moral claims objectively true, or do they merely express attitudes or cultural conventions?

Metaethics: moral realism, relativism and the status of moral claims

What metaethics asks about the status of moral claims, the case for moral realism, the challenge of relativism and error theory, and emotivism and expressivism about moral language.

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How do consequentialism, deontology and virtue ethics each decide what makes an action right?

Comparing the three major normative theories: consequences, duties and character

The three main normative ethical frameworks, utilitarianism and consequences, Kantian deontology and duty, and Aristotelian virtue ethics and character, with their key arguments and standard objections.

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