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Ima Intuitionist says that we can avoid believing in self-evident moral truths if we

    { 1 } - claim that moral truths can be deduced from descriptive facts alone.
    { 2 } - deny that we have moral knowledge.
    { 3 } - do either of the above.

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Ima Intuitionist says that we can avoid believing in self-evident moral truths if we

We could only deduce moral truths from descriptive facts if "good" were definable using descriptive ideas. For example, if "good" meant "socially approved" then we could deduce conclusions about what is good from premises about what is socially approved. But "good" is indefinable. Thus we can't deduce moral truths from descriptive facts alone. Instead, we need a moral premise to deduce a moral conclusion.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

Ima Intuitionist says that we can avoid believing in self-evident moral truths if we

    { 1 } - claim that moral truths can be deduced from descriptive facts alone.
    { 2 } - deny that we have moral knowledge.
    { 3 } - do either of the above.

Skeptics deny moral knowledge, just as they deny our knowledge of the external world. But sensible people, according to Ima, will believe in common sense rather than in skeptics.

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3 is correct!

Ima Intuitionist says that we can avoid believing in self-evident moral truths if we

    { 1 } - claim that moral truths can be deduced from descriptive facts alone.
    { 2 } - deny that we have moral knowledge.
    { 3 } - do either of the above.

Skeptics deny moral knowledge, just as they deny our knowledge of the external world. But sensible people, according to Ima, will believe in common sense rather than in skeptics.

We could only deduce moral truths from descriptive facts if "good" were definable using descriptive ideas. For example, if "good" meant "socially approved" then we could deduce conclusions about what is good from premises about what is socially approved. But "good" is indefinable. Thus we can't deduce moral truths from descriptive facts alone. Instead, we need a moral premise to deduce a moral conclusion.

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