HIERARCHY OF MORAL REALISM (ETHICAL REALISM) Hierarchy of Moral (ethical) statem

HIERARCHY OF MORAL REALISM (ETHICAL REALISM)

Hierarchy of Moral (ethical) statements may be categorized from strongest to weakest as:

(a) Necessary for human cooperation (criminal prohibitions)

(b) Beneficial for human cooperation (ethical and moral prohibitions)

(c) Beneficial for human organization of cooperation (conspiratorial prohibitions.)

(d) Contractual and assiting in cooperation (consensual)

(e) Arbitrary and for the purpose of signaling cooperation (signals, and manners)

(f) False (meaningless or inhibiting cooperation)