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Likewise, sometimes the term " ethical intuitionism " is associated with a pluralistic, deontological position in normative ethics, a position defended by W. D.

Ross.

However, as is customary in contemporary philosophy, the term " ethical intuitionism " will be used in this article to refer to the general position that there are basic ( non-inferential ) moral beliefs.

Thus, this usage encompasses both empiricist and rationalist accounts of non-inferential moral knowledge.

While the empiricist version of ethical intuitionism is standardly called " moral sense theory " ( or sometimes " sentimentalism "), there is no standard name for the rationalist version.

In this article, the rationalist version of ethical intuitionism will simply be called " rationalist ethical intuitionism ".