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What are the strengths and weaknesses of Intuitionism? Evaluate the merits or otherwise of the emotive theory of ethics?

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Have a little read: ... What are the strengths and weaknesses of Intuitionism? Evaluate the merits or otherwise of the emotive theory of ethics? Intuitionism came about as a post-utilitarian perspective, and was largely developed as an ethical theory by Moore, Pritchard and Ross. As the name of the theory tells us it is concerned with humans intuition, Sidgwick came to the conclusion that ethics was not based on a unifying principle but rather on human intuition. Today, an intuitionist is thought of as someone who holds particular views about the way in which we come to find out what actions are right and which are wrong. Apparently, we group basic moral principles because of our 'intuition'. Moral principles are capable of being true and known through a special faculty; 'moral intuition'. W.D. Ross and Pritchard, claimed that they are 'facts' about what is morally right and wrong and that our understanding of these is sufficient to

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