Toulmin 2

Objective approach…
Simple properties are a simple concept. What can be perceived by the senses.
Complex properties are straight forward and without complication as well. They are able to be detected through routines.
The third category of ethical terms is more confusing…they can be detected by routines but they are not perceived.
While values are not directly perceived they can be thought and understood. They can also be seen in the way a person acts/interacts with others. Thus they can be perceived.
Subjective: reporting the way we feel about something.
Toulmin says subjectivity cannot provide an account of what is a good reason for an ethical judgment or provide a standard for criticizing it.
Why not? Dictators can be subjective and account for it. Cops can pull people over by profiling and rationalize that…even though it is illegal!
Imperative approach displays our feelings by calling something good or right…
This is like a mom talking to her kid. Not only does she say that you shouldn’t shoot a squirrel, she then tells you not too. Why then, can’t it explain ethical judgments? Is it not wrong to shoot a squirrel if you don’t need it for food?