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PHILTests & Problems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The spinach test | Asks whether morality is just a matter of taste (like liking spinach). |
| The phenomenology test | Examines how moral judgments feel (objective vs preference-based). |
| The counterfactual test | Asks whether moral truths would hold even if no one believed them. |
| The problem of disagreement | Widespread moral disagreement challenges moral objectivity. |
| Grounding morality | Explaining what moral truths are based on. |
| Moral knowledge | How we know moral truths. |
| Bivalent ethics | Actions are either right or wrong (no middle ground). |
| Trivalent ethics | Actions can be right, wrong, or morally neutral. |