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  1. Meta-ethics is the area of philosophy which attempts to answer the question of what goodness actually is, including whether it even exists. Normative ethical theories attempt to devise a system for determining which actions are good and which are bad, e.g., Utilitarianism, Kantian deontology and Virtue ethics.

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    A level metaethics is about what moral judgements – e.g. “murder is wrong” – mean and what (if anything) makes them true or false. The main debate is about whether mind-independent moral propertiesexist or not: 1. Moral realism:There are mind-independent, external moral properties and facts – e.g. “murder is wrong” is a moral fact because the act o...

    Realist metaethical theories argue that mind-independent moral properties – such as ‘right’, ‘wrong’, ‘good’, and ‘bad’ – exist. These moral properties give rise to moral facts, such as “murder is wrong”. A realist would say murder has the property of wrongness in the same way grass has the property of greenness. But there is disagreement among rea...

    Anti-realist metaethical theories argue that mind independent moral propertiesdo not exist.So, there are no such things as true moral facts. The syllabus looks at 3 anti-realist metaethical theories: 1. Error theory says moral judgements are cognitive statements but properties don’t exist 2. Emotivism says moral judgements are non-cognitive stateme...

  2. Jan 12, 2021 · Introduction to Meta ethics (A-level Religious Studies) - YouTube. Cogito Creative. 9.48K subscribers. Subscribed. 51. 3.4K views 3 years ago Meta-ethics (A-level Religious...

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  3. Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32. We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism – moral absolutism, and cultural relativism, including...

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  5. Nov 4, 2020 · 658. 24K views 3 years ago. Join George and John as they discuss and debate different Philosophical ideas, today they will be looking into Metaethics and giving a brief explanation of some of the...

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