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Intuitionists 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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Intuitionists 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 skepticism, not intuitionism.
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Intuitionists 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 intuitionism.
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Intuitionists 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 intuitionist could argue this way:
We have knowledge of some ethical truths.
Experience and reason don't yield such knowledge.
So we have an additional source of knowledge.
This was the view of G.E. Moore.
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Intuitionists 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 intuitionism.
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