Ethics and Values / Unit 1 Ethics 001 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Moral Claims
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The idea
A moral claim says what someone should or should not do, or judges something good, bad, right, or wrong.
In practice
"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.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
Unlocks
- 002Descriptive Claims
- 003The Fact-Verdict Confusion
- 004The Reasons Requirement
- 015Standard Form
- 046Cultural Relativism
- 061Simple Subjectivism
- 076The Divine Command Theory
- 080The Natural-Law Theory
- 113Ethical Egoism
- 151Consequentialism
- 201Absolute Moral Rules
- 204Maxims
- 251Virtue Ethics
- 301Intrinsic and Instrumental Value
- 345Euthanasia: The Kinds
- 381Pacifism
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