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Morality as a Natural Phenomenon: Ethics in the Context of Naturalism

Author: ZhangHong
Tutor: ShengXiaoMing
School: Zhejiang University
Course: Philosophy of Science and Technology
Keywords: Naturalism Mole fallacy Facts and values Natural justice Interdisciplinary Humanity
CLC: B82
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2010
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Abstract

Decades early in this century, there has been a lot of literature in the context of the interdisciplinary study of human morality, many scholars believe that literature is a significant contributor to deepen our understanding of moral phenomena. Traditional ethicists, however, will insist on moral phenomenon is related to the value, while the value of the discussion of the problem is completely different from the discussion of the question of fact. They think that, because we can not be launched from the facts of the inquiry, how should we do, so the above literature of traditional ethics or political philosophy does not have much significance. The theory of moral issues persist in using the methods of empirical science research tradition known as the \In the face of naturalism, the philosophical community has always been two main reasons for opposing it: One is the mole \Moore claims that we can not be moral attributes such as \observed, if we try the former and the latter linked, is guilty of a logical fallacy. The second objection reason is often considered to be in the third volume of his \judgment, if you try to do so, then commits a logical error. Explore for naturalistic ethics seek a legitimacy, we will discuss the two the naturalistic allegations, to examine what is really powerful or highly misleading. In order to performance of naturalistic might have the advantage, the basis of this investigation, this article will introduce a strong naturalistic theory of the moral atmosphere Binmore put forward the theory of \Rawls' theory of \However, it is with Rawls's original theory in the style is very different, it is no longer dependent on a number of controversial metaphysical assumptions, but to establish the foundation on top of the real humanity evolution. This article will examine the similarities and differences of this theory with traditional contract theory and discuss its merits and defects.

Morality as a Natural Phenomenon: Ethics in the Context of Naturalism

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