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Ima Prescriptivist thinks that our moral thinking can be rational because
{ 1 } - morality is based on self-evident moral truths.
{ 2 } - the logic of "ought" leads to a method of moral reasoning that engages our rational powers to their limits.
{ 3 } - we can prove basic moral principles from purely descriptive premises.
{ 4 } - "good" means "socially approved."
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Ima Prescriptivist thinks that our moral thinking can be rational because
{ 1 } - morality is based on self-evident moral truths.
{ 2 } - the logic of "ought" leads to a method of moral reasoning that engages our rational powers to their limits.
{ 3 } - we can prove basic moral principles from purely descriptive premises.
{ 4 } - "good" means "socially approved."
Ima rejects this intuitionist view.
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Ima Prescriptivist thinks that our moral thinking can be rational because
{ 1 } - morality is based on self-evident moral truths.
{ 2 } - the logic of "ought" leads to a method of moral reasoning that engages our rational powers to their limits.
{ 3 } - we can prove basic moral principles from purely descriptive premises.
{ 4 } - "good" means "socially approved."
To think rationally about ethics is to think in a way that is informed, imaginative, and consistent. The most important part of consistency is to follow the golden rule.
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Ima Prescriptivist thinks that our moral thinking can be rational because
{ 1 } - morality is based on self-evident moral truths.
{ 2 } - the logic of "ought" leads to a method of moral reasoning that engages our rational powers to their limits.
{ 3 } - we can prove basic moral principles from purely descriptive premises.
{ 4 } - "good" means "socially approved."
Ima rejects this.
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Ima Prescriptivist thinks that our moral thinking can be rational because
{ 1 } - morality is based on self-evident moral truths.
{ 2 } - the logic of "ought" leads to a method of moral reasoning that engages our rational powers to their limits.
{ 3 } - we can prove basic moral principles from purely descriptive premises.
{ 4 } - "good" means "socially approved."
Ima rejects cultural relativism -- which gives you moral conformity instead of moral rationality.
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