Discussion: Moral Nihilism - Are There Moral Facts?

Overview

• Answer ONE of the following Discussion Prompts:
  • Option A: Moral Nihilism - Summarize the two types of moral nihilism in your own words. What is the main difference between them? In what ways does each theory agree with ethical objectivism, and in what ways does each disagree? Why are both theories inconsistent with ethical objectivism? Explain your thinking and support your claims with relevant quotes from the reading.
  • Option B: Expressivist - Think carefully about what you are doing when you are forming your own moral judgments. Does the expressivist analysis of moral judgments accurately capture what you are doing? Why or why not? Provide particular examples. Explain your thinking and support your claims with relevant quotes from the reading.
  • Option C: Error Theory - What do error theorists typically claim is the "error " at the heart of our moral practice? Is the assumption that they identify really essential to our moral thought? If so, do yo uagre that it is an error? Why or why not? an ethical relativism make sense of the idea of moral progress? Does moral progress really exist or not? Provide particular examples. Explain your thinking and support your claims with relevant quotes from the reading.