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The reason that metaethics em- bodies no normative commitment is that it is a second-order study of the logic of normative language. That is, meta- ethics is related to normative ethics as philosophy of science to science; nor- mative theory and normative language in general are the subjects of its investi- gation. 3.
metaethics, the subdiscipline of ethics concerned with the nature of ethical theories and moral judgments. (Read Peter Singer’s Britannica entry on ethics.) A brief treatment of metaethics follows. For further discussion, see ethics: Metaethics. Major metaethical theories include naturalism, nonnaturalism (or intuitionism), emotivism, and ...
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Applied ethics is an area of moral philosophy that focuses on concrete moral issues, including such matters as abortion, capital punishment, civil disobedience, drug use, family responsibilities, and professional ethics. This article defends a variety of positions in both normative moral theory and metaethics.
metaethics and those in normative ethics.1 A sympathetic character-ization of the century of self-consciously metaethical research that fol-lowed would emphasize the extraordinary development both in our understanding of the central metaethical problems and in the sophis-tication of the theories elaborated to meet them. However, some are
Jan 23, 2007 · 1. General Observations. The range of issues, puzzles and questions that fall within metaethics’ purview are consistently abstract. They reflect the fact that metaethics involves an attempt to step back from particular substantive debates within morality to ask about the views, assumptions, and commitments that are shared by those who engage in the debate.
Mar 4, 2021 · However, as our framing the discussion in terms of metanormative inquiry instead of metaethics has meant to underscore (as well as our brief discussion of Pettit’s work on the republican theory of freedom), the basic structural issues we have discussed generalize to normative domains beyond ethics (e.g. normative parts of political philosophy ...
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Jan 1, 2013 · 2.1 Ethical Theories. Let us examine various aspects of ethics. Ethics grant us the knowledge to synthesise, analyse, defend, explain, recommend or reject a thought or create a plan of action to follow the right path and avoid the wrong path. It differs from religion and law in some ways. While religions and laws give absolute, final and ...
