Meta Ethics
Via Notsaussure, this bit of fun. I think I go along with Queenminx in that I don’t take these things too seriously…
Anyway, I’m a relativist, it seems. I don’t think that comes as too much of a surprise, so perhaps these things are more accurate than I give them credit for…
| Relativism You scored 25 Objectivism, 26 Naturalism, and 78 Cognitivism! |
| You believe in moral propositions, but not moral facts or reduction of moral talk. You may be a relativist. Don’t be scared by the fact that “relativist” is usually an accusation, spoken with a sneer - just because it’s not in vogue doesn’t mean it’s wrong, which you know doubt know. “The term ‘moral relativism’ is understood in a variety of ways. Most often it is associated with an empirical thesis that there are deep and widespread moral disagreements and a metaethical thesis that the truth or justification of moral judgments is not absolute, but relative to some group of persons. Sometimes ‘moral relativism’ is connected with a normative position about how we ought to think about or act towards those with whom we morally disagree, most commonly that we should tolerate them.” |
My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Meta-ethical Theories Test written by jacostyle on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
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Comment by Pete in Dunbar
# January 21, 2007,
The links at the end of the post are broken - they read like this “about:’http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=16907148183256701178′”
Comment by Longrider
# January 21, 2007,
Fixed. I just copied and pasted the code from end of the test. 0/10 for coding…