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But "obligation" is a moral term, applicable only in a world of other beings.
The derivation of a fundamental moral term like "Good" from the empirical and experiential elements of human desires determined the naturalist character of Deweyan ethics.
The argument appears to be valid, and so not to involve any ambiguity, but the moral term can be construed as having expressive force only in (3), not in (1).
Moreover, the application of the concept of forgiveness to nonmoral behavior, as in the case of a forgivably poor musical performance by a pianist, shows that forgiveness is not always or necessarily a moral term.
The naturalist proposes a certain kind of definition of some moral term and the non-naturalist then simply asserts that anyone who thinks such definitions are possible is mistaken.
For any non-moral description of an action or object it seemed that competent speakers could without confusion doubt that the action or object was appropriately characterized using a moral term such as 'good' or 'right'right
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As Moore saw things, being a naturalist about morality required thinking that moral terms could be defined correctly using terms that refer to natural properties.
But in moral terms it is unambiguous.
He couched his speech in moral terms.
"You should judge this operation in moral terms.
Cloaking taxes in moral terms is not new.
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