"This Isn't An Argument!"
You need one or more of these to support a conclusion.
What is a premise?
This is the view that there are no moral truths, and moral talk is nonsense.
What is moral nihilism?
This is Deontology.
What is the group of moral theories that focuses on following a set of moral laws?
This is what an moral agent consists of, according to Kant (____ + _____).
What is reason and will?
This means that there is nothing wrong with the logical structure of an argument.
What is validity?
This is the view that there are objective, certain moral truths.
What is moral realism?
"Is it good because God commands it, or does God command it because it is good?"
What is the Euthyphro Dilemma?
These are the two forms of imperatives.
What are categorical and hypothetical?
There are the two questions we have to ask for any deductive argument.
Is the argument valid?
Are the premises true?
This is the central question of meta-ethics (at least, for the purposes of our class).
Are there moral truths?
This is the deontological system which suggests that moral laws come from the very structure of nature.
What is natural law theory?
The Second Formulation of Kant's Categorical Imperative
What is the rule that we cannot treat others as mere means, but always as an end in of themselves?
Any argument with the following form:
"If X, then Y. X, therefore, Y"
What is Modus Ponens?
This is the distinction between pseudorelativism and cultural relativism.
What is whether or not there is at least one moral truth?
This is the study of ends or purposes.
What is teleology?
This is
"In C, I will do A for P, because it is G"
(Also, define all variables)
What is the structure of Kant's maxims?
C: Context
A: Action
P: Purpose
G: Grounds
[2 Minutes, All Groups]
Construct a valid argument for cultural relativism.
[Correct teams get the points]
This is the distinction between Cognitivism and Non-cognitivism in meta-ethics.
Whether or not moral truths take the shape of propositions?
This is why the "Is-Ought" Distinction poses a threat to Natural Law Theory.
Is it because the structure of nature shows a set of natural facts (How the world "is"), whereas moral facts tell us how we should act (how we "ought" to behave)?
[2 Minutes, All Groups!]
Apply Kant's Categorical Imperative to the maxim, "When I am taking a midterm, I am going to cheat on the exam for the purposes of getting an A, because that is what I ought to do."
Explain why this maxim is not universalizable.
[Best applications win!]