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According to Ima Prescriptivist,
{ 1 } - we are free to form our own moral views.
{ 2 } - forming our moral views ought to be a rational activity.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
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According to Ima Prescriptivist,
{ 1 } - we are free to form our own moral views.
{ 2 } - forming our moral views ought to be a rational activity.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
We have to think out moral questions for ourselves. The facts alone don't give us the answers. And to just copy the views of others would compromise our freedom as moral agents.
But the rationality element is also important.
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According to Ima Prescriptivist,
{ 1 } - we are free to form our own moral views.
{ 2 } - forming our moral views ought to be a rational activity.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Moral questions are important, and answering them should engage our rational powers to the limit.
But the freedom element is also important.
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3 is correct!
According to Ima Prescriptivist,
{ 1 } - we are free to form our own moral views.
{ 2 } - forming our moral views ought to be a rational activity.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Ima thinks that views like cultural relativism deny our moral freedom, while views like subjectivism deny moral rationality.
He thinks that prescriptivism shows how we can be both free and rational in forming our moral beliefs. Moral beliefs can be free because they express our own desires and aren't provable from facts. They can be rational because the logic of "ought" leads to a method of moral reasoning that engages our rational powers to their limits.
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According to Ima Prescriptivist,
{ 1 } - we are free to form our own moral views.
{ 2 } - forming our moral views ought to be a rational activity.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Did you drink a whole six-pack while reading the chapter?
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