Philosophy A-Level
The fact-value distinction
What The fact-value distinction means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of The fact-value distinction
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The logical distance between descriptive claims and normative claims, where no set of purely factual premises entails a moral conclusion without a further normative premise.
Topics that use The fact-value distinction
- Meta-ethics (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Argument from queerness
- Argument from relativity
- Belief versus desire/passion
- Cognitivism
- Cognitivism and truth-aptness
- Descriptive versus normative language
- Emotion and attitudes as a source of moral principles
- Emotivism
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