Self-Quiz 3.2: J. L. Mackie, The Subjectivity of Values

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Mackie's claim that values are not objective is meant to include which of the following?

Moral value correct incorrect

Rightness and wrongness correct incorrect

Duty and obligation correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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According to Mackie, what's the difference between scientific disagreement and moral disagreement?

There is less disagreement about science than there is about morality. correct incorrect

Scientific disagreement results from speculative inferences or inadequate evidence while moral disagreement does not. correct incorrect

Most scientific disagreement gets resolved while most moral disagreement does not. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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According to Mackie, what best explains variations in moral codes?

That they reflect ways of life correct incorrect

That they express perceptions of objective values correct incorrect

That moral judgments lack descriptive meaning correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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According to Mackie, people judge that some things are good and others bad primary because

those things exemplify some general principle for which there is widespread implicit acceptance. correct incorrect

something about those things arouses certain immediate responses in those making the judgment. correct incorrect

those things tend to be sanctioned by the society of those making the judgment. correct incorrect

those making the judgement are trying to control other people. correct incorrect

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Mackie argues that all moral thinking requires input from

ethical intuition. correct incorrect

emotion. correct incorrect

reason. correct incorrect

delusion. correct incorrect

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Mackie maintains that our knowledge of _______ can be given a satisfactory account in empirical terms?

Aesthetics correct incorrect

Moral value correct incorrect

Causation correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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According to Mackie, what would the connection between natural facts and moral facts have to be?

Entailment correct incorrect

Logical necessity correct incorrect

Cooccurrence correct incorrect

Supervenience correct incorrect

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According to Mackie, what do we need morality for?

To regulate interpersonal relations correct incorrect

To control some people's behavior correct incorrect

Both of the above correct incorrect

None of the above (we don't need morality for anything) correct incorrect