Stegmüller IV 169
Ethics/moral/Mackie: (similar to Field): our everyday understanding calls for a realm of moral characteristics, which should be as autonomous as material objects, but which do not exist.
Moral error theory: (Field, Mackie): our search for a true-making realm of facts is caused by a semantic error.
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Truth makers.
The correct explanation of the truth conditions of moral judgments deprives those judgments of the valuation by everyday reasoning. (Due to the metaphysical hair-raising properties).
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Truth condition, >
Metaphysics.
Ethics/Mackie: Thesis: there are no objective values (ontologically).
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Ontology.
Stegmüller IV 173
Objectivistic ethics/MackieVsObjectivism/Stegmüller: leads to strange entities like "Shall Be Done".
MacKieVsintuitionism/VsEmotivism: Riddle of income: what is the link between the natural fact that murder is cruel and the moral fact that it is wrong?
IV 179
Metaethical fallacy: - Conclusion of beliefs on their accuracy.
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Belief, >
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Naturalistic fallacy.
IV 280
Morality/ethics/wisdom/generalizability/generalization/universalization/Mackie/Stegmüller: everyone wants to live according to his conscience - that tends to raise the tension between morality and self-interest .
Under these circumstances, however, what is wise, does not coincide with, what would be wise if we do not have a moral sense.
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Generalization.
Stegmüller IV 263
Morality/Ethics/Mill: Mill believed in gradual change of human nature toward a "general love of man".
StephenVsMill: "impartial charity" could also lead to Stalinism.
Mackie ditto - MackieVsMill.
IV 269
Freedom/Mill/Stegmüller: Thesis: The only justification for interfering with the freedom of others is to prevent harm to others.
MackieVsMIll: This is too weak.
Freedom of thought cannot be justified with this. Instead: "Principle of legitimate intervention.
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Freedom.