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G. E. Moore thought that goodness is a simple, nonnatural, and undefinable property. |
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Metaethics is the attempt to understand the sources, criteria, meaning, verification, or validation of moral value judgments. |
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The emotivists thought that moral judgments are genuine propositions with a clear, factual meaning. |
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John Rawls argued that rational, self-interested people choosing from behind a veil of ignorance would agree that there should be no inequalities in liberty or wealth and income in the just society. |
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Robert Nozick is a libertarian who thinks that only a state limited to the functions of a night-watchman is morally justifiable. |
| | A) | True |
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According to Alasdair MacIntyre, morality should focus more on the question of which character traits promote human flourishing rather than on questions about which principles of right conduct are the correct ones. |
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Making and defending moral judgments is known as metaethics. |
| | A) | True |
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According to Rawls the most important good is respecting others. |
| | A) | True |
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Classical liberalism argued that the government should not interfere in economic affairs. |
| | A) | True |
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Herbert Marcuse argued that the reason the Marxist revolution didn't happen in modern industrial societies is because capitalism doesn't really lead to the exploitation and alienation of workers that Marx said it did. |
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Ayn Rand embraced a community-based ethics, in which the neediest were cared for by the strongest. |
| | A) | True |
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