Natural Properties in Ethics with an Emphasis on Shafer-Landau’ s Theory

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Heshmati Hassan; LEGENHAUSEN MUHAMMAD; MIANDARI HASSAN

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Journal: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH Year:2018 | Volume:20 | Issue:3 (77) Page(s): 23-44

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Natural Properties in Ethics with an Emphasis on Shafer-Landau’ s Theory

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Heshmati Hassan | LEGENHAUSEN MUHAMMAD | MIANDARI HASSAN | Issue Writer Certificate

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Various criteria for the natural/non-natural distinction have been suggested in metaethics. Shafer-Landau first claimed that natural properties are properties that are used in scientific disciplines. But firstly, this definition is not comprehensive, and secondly it is ambiguous; according to the second criterion, two lists must be prepared; the first list includes terms that most people consider to be natural. The terms that are not included in the first list, are transferred to the list of non-natural terms. I argue, however, that this criterion also does not help in distinguishing natural properties from non-natural ones. If we wish to maintain Shafer-Landau's view, we can find a criterion for natural properties using normative ethics. For example, by accepting Kant’ s principle of humanity as a non-natural reality, those descriptive properties that follow from this principle can be the foundational properties for moral properties. But by presenting a serious criticism on Shafer-Landau's metaethics and accepting views that are invulnerable to this critique, a criterion for the distinction of natural/non-natural in meta-ethics can be found. One of these views is Fitzpatrick’ s view, according to which many of the aspects of the world that are empirically investigable are also inherently value-laden. Therefore, the world of human experience is a dual-aspect world. One of these aspects is natural and the other is non-natural.

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Heshmati, Hassan, LEGENHAUSEN, MUHAMMAD, & MIANDARI, HASSAN. (2018). Natural Properties in Ethics with an Emphasis on Shafer-Landau’ s Theory. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 20(3 (77) ), 23-44. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/397748/en

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Heshmati Hassan, LEGENHAUSEN MUHAMMAD, MIANDARI HASSAN. Natural Properties in Ethics with an Emphasis on Shafer-Landau’ s Theory. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH[Internet]. 2018;20(3 (77) ):23-44. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/397748/en

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Hassan Heshmati, MUHAMMAD LEGENHAUSEN, and HASSAN MIANDARI, “Natural Properties in Ethics with an Emphasis on Shafer-Landau’ s Theory,” JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, vol. 20, no. 3 (77) , pp. 23–44, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/397748/en

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