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Skeptics about ethics claim that
{ 1 } - we have no knowledge of ethical truths.
{ 2 } - ethical statements can be translated into non-ethical statements.
{ 3 } - we can know ethical truths through moral intuition.
{ 4 } - facts about our feelings can be evidence for ethical beliefs.
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Skeptics about ethics claim that
{ 1 } - we have no knowledge of ethical truths.
{ 2 } - ethical statements can be translated into non-ethical statements.
{ 3 } - we can know ethical truths through moral intuition.
{ 4 } - facts about our feelings can be evidence for ethical beliefs.
The skeptic could argue this way:
Experience and reason don't yield ethical knowledge.
There's no source of knowledge besides experience and reason.
So we have no ethical knowledge.
This was the view of A.J. Ayer.
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2 is wrong. Please try again.
Skeptics about ethics claim that
{ 1 } - we have no knowledge of ethical truths.
{ 2 } - ethical statements can be translated into non-ethical statements.
{ 3 } - we can know ethical truths through moral intuition.
{ 4 } - facts about our feelings can be evidence for ethical beliefs.
This is reductionism, not skepticism.
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3 is wrong. Please try again.
Skeptics about ethics claim that
{ 1 } - we have no knowledge of ethical truths.
{ 2 } - ethical statements can be translated into non-ethical statements.
{ 3 } - we can know ethical truths through moral intuition.
{ 4 } - facts about our feelings can be evidence for ethical beliefs.
This is intuitionism, not skepticism.
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4 is wrong. Please try again.
Skeptics about ethics claim that
{ 1 } - we have no knowledge of ethical truths.
{ 2 } - ethical statements can be translated into non-ethical statements.
{ 3 } - we can know ethical truths through moral intuition.
{ 4 } - facts about our feelings can be evidence for ethical beliefs.
This is critical cognitivism, not skepticism.
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