Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32

We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism – moral absolutism, and cultural relativism, including the difference between descriptive and normative cultural relativism – and moral subjectivism, which is a form of moral antirealism. Finally, we’ll introduce the concept of an ethical theory.

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[YukitsuTimes]

I remember taking this at university, but I Kant remember any of it.

[rn]

So I'm Mormon.... the more and more I dig into ethics, morals and philosophy the more I start to doubt religion. Not just mine alone but religion as a whole... idk, I feel bad about it but then again this seems so logical in my quest to understand what life is and how we operate.

[aperson]

I like Fiorello La Guardia's take on the question of stealing to feed your family. After being legally obligated to fine a woman ten dollars for doing just that during the Depression, he paid her fine out of his own pocket, then fined every person in the courtroom twenty-five cents "for the crime of living in a city where a woman has no choice but to steal or watch her grandson starve."

[flying_pig_girl]

0:22 slight typo.
misspelled "morality" as "mortality"

[mikhailoye]

Moral of the story:

The burglar was bad at being a burglar.

[Houkuko]

I really appreciate that this episode closed on a notion that one should always be self-examining and trying to understand why they feel a certain way. Thank you CC!

[thursdayplurbonym-boyporri]

i watched the good place and now i'm obsessed with philosophy

[PiercingSight]

I'm really loving how objective and balanced you're being about all of these topics. I appreciate it a lot.

[SargonofAkkad]

Fantastic rebuttal to cultural relativism at 5:30 onwards.

[jtproductions]

For the burglar story, could you separate moral intentions from moral outcomes? His moral intentions were wrong, but his moral outcome was right. That would leave us with four different categories.

[gaburichardson]

I've gotten more and more interested in Philosophy lately, and I decided to join my high school ethics bowl team. Whenever I'm interested in any topics, I've found your videos extremely helpful, and recently the philosophy crash course videos have been very useful!

[jasminaliysa]

I did my philosophy dissertation on the Divine command Theory and the effects evolution has on morality. I can't wait to see more of this series

[timothymclean]

It seems like the most fundamental question which all ethical frameworks would need to answer is if it's actions, intentions, or results by which someone should be judged. An ethical framework can usually only be built on one of those, but most people would agree that all three matter. So we already have a place where moral intuition can't be easily translated into ethical theory.

[Nacgt]

Moral questions horrofies me, because they has a deep pratical impact on life AND are not verificable, like science questions.

[RagerQueen]

to quote every INTP ever

"it depends..."

[Buteo]

Thought it said "Mathematics"

[Ali-juxt]

A very thorough and balanced video, good job Hank and Crash Course team

[maulikaryan]

I'm getting good grade in moral ethics course in college all because of your channel. Great content, precise and exclusive. and great animations too. I don't know how to thank you.

[simeonsimov]

"Ethics are spooks tho" - Max Stirner (probably)

[mahnameisemma]

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