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Opponents of intuitionism claim that
{ 1 } - intuitionism doesn't give any good way to criticize our inherited moral intuitions -- or to distinguish "genuine" from "apparent" intuitions.
{ 2 } - moral intuitions come largely from social conditioning.
{ 3 } - appealing to intuitions can lead to an early stalemate on moral issues -- as when we argue with someone with racist intuitions.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
{ 5 } - none of the above.
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Opponents of intuitionism claim that
{ 1 } - intuitionism doesn't give any good way to criticize our inherited moral intuitions -- or to distinguish "genuine" from "apparent" intuitions.
{ 2 } - moral intuitions come largely from social conditioning.
{ 3 } - appealing to intuitions can lead to an early stalemate on moral issues -- as when we argue with someone with racist intuitions.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
{ 5 } - none of the above.
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Opponents of intuitionism claim that
{ 1 } - intuitionism doesn't give any good way to criticize our inherited moral intuitions -- or to distinguish "genuine" from "apparent" intuitions.
{ 2 } - moral intuitions come largely from social conditioning.
{ 3 } - appealing to intuitions can lead to an early stalemate on moral issues -- as when we argue with someone with racist intuitions.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
{ 5 } - none of the above.
Whatever norms we are taught when we were young become our "moral intuitions." If we're brought up in a racist society, we'll likely have racist moral intuitions. Since moral intuitions vary so much, it's hard to see them as a reliable guide to objective moral truths.
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Opponents of intuitionism claim that
{ 1 } - intuitionism doesn't give any good way to criticize our inherited moral intuitions -- or to distinguish "genuine" from "apparent" intuitions.
{ 2 } - moral intuitions come largely from social conditioning.
{ 3 } - appealing to intuitions can lead to an early stalemate on moral issues -- as when we argue with someone with racist intuitions.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
{ 5 } - none of the above.
Consider people who were brought up in a racist society to have racist intuitions. It may seem "self-evident" to them that blacks ought to be treated poorly -- while it seems "self-evident" to us that all races ought to be treated with respect. On intuitionism, we can't argue about the issue. How is this any better than subjectivism?
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Opponents of intuitionism claim that
{ 1 } - intuitionism doesn't give any good way to criticize our inherited moral intuitions -- or to distinguish "genuine" from "apparent" intuitions.
{ 2 } - moral intuitions come largely from social conditioning.
{ 3 } - appealing to intuitions can lead to an early stalemate on moral issues -- as when we argue with someone with racist intuitions.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
{ 5 } - none of the above.
All of these seem to be strong objections.
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Opponents of intuitionism claim that
{ 1 } - intuitionism doesn't give any good way to criticize our inherited moral intuitions -- or to distinguish "genuine" from "apparent" intuitions.
{ 2 } - moral intuitions come largely from social conditioning.
{ 3 } - appealing to intuitions can lead to an early stalemate on moral issues -- as when we argue with someone with racist intuitions.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
{ 5 } - none of the above.
You better read the chapter again!
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