Moral Claims
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State
A moral claim says what someone should or should not do, or judges something good, bad, right, or wrong.
Show
"Lena should return the wallet she found under the bleachers" is a moral claim: it directs Lena's conduct and stakes out right and wrong.
Builds on
- Nothing — this is a starting point.
Unlocks
- 002 Descriptive Claims
- 003 The Fact-Verdict Confusion
- 004 The Reasons Requirement
- 015 Standard Form
- 046 Cultural Relativism
- 061 Simple Subjectivism
- 076 The Divine Command Theory
- 080 The Natural-Law Theory
- 113 Ethical Egoism
- 151 Consequentialism
- 201 Absolute Moral Rules
- 204 Maxims
- 251 Virtue Ethics
- 301 Intrinsic and Instrumental Value
- 345 Euthanasia: The Kinds
- 381 Pacifism