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Full Idea
Noncognitivism is an attempt to avoid the alleged problems of naturalism without the mysteries of Moore's non-naturalism.
Clarification
'Noncognitivism' means morality does not involve knowledge
Gist of Idea
Noncognitivism tries to avoid both naturalism and mysterious morality
Source
John Hacker-Wright (Philippa Foot's Moral Thought [2013], 1)
Book Ref
Hacker-Wright,John: 'Philippa Foot's Moral Thought' [Bloomsbury 2013], p.10
A Reaction
R.M. Hare is the best example of this approach. Moore's Open Question argument was said to prove the Naturalistic Fallacy, which imagined that morality could be a feature of nature. It led Moore to platonism. I prefer Philippa Foot.
Related Ideas
Idea 11057 It is always an open question whether anything that is natural is good [Moore,GE]
Idea 11056 The naturalistic fallacy claims that natural qualties can define 'good' [Moore,GE]