Seminar discussion: Metaethics and Applied Ethics

April 2005

We reminded ourselves of what it was like to make a judgment on a practical question of morality by formulating arguments for and against the positions presented in the questionnaire on the ethics of sex practices - the libertinometer.

What conception of ethics were we appealing to in making these practical judgements? One possibility: to say such and such is immoral is simply to express the emotion of disapproval we feel when we consider it.

Another: to say x is moral is to say x makes for harm. This left the question of what we meant by 'harm'.

Another: moral rules are necessary to stop a community fragmenting.

 

VP, faut de mieux.


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