Which of the Following Best Explains the Idea of a Moral

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains the idea of a moral intuition?

• A) Your moral intuitions are (some subset of) the moral judgments you make about particular cases without going through any conscious reasoning process.
• B) Your moral intuitions are the moral conclusions that you are logically committed to holding based on your moral principles.
• C) A moral intuition is an argument, based on a counterexample, that shows that a particular moral principle is right or wrong.
• D) A moral intuition is a belief about what is right or wrong to do in a particular case.

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