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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.
Feb 26, 2020 · Metaethics can be described as the philosophical study of the nature of moral judgment. It is concerned with such questions as: Do moral judgments express beliefs or rather desires and inclinations? Are moral judgments apt to be assessed in terms of truth and falsity?
Jul 12, 2022 · 1. The Target Explanandum. 1.1 Concept vs. World. 1.2 The Fundamental Normative Property. 2. Are There Any Normative Facts At All? – Error Theory. 2.1 Formulating Error Theory. 2.2 The Argument from Queerness. 2.2.1 What feature of normativity is queer? 2.2.2 What does queerness consist in?
Mar 10, 2021 · Metaethics is the study of how we engage in ethics. Thus, the metaethicist has a role more similar to a football commentator rather than to a referee or player.
Notes to Metaethics. 1. Metaethical issues were central to both Hume and Kant, although they predictably disagreed; they also figured prominently in Plato’s defense of the value of justice and Aristotle’s argument that virtue and vice are in some way up to us.
Overview. Metaethics. By. Finlay, Stephen. DOI. 10.4324/9780415249126-L145-1. Published. 2012. Article Summary. A tripartite distinction is often drawn in moral philosophy between (i) applied ethics, (ii) normative ethical theory, and (iii) metaethics.
1. Moral Philosophy. As we go about our lives, we face many decisions. Some of the decisions seem to concern only ourselves and people with whom we are intimate, such as decisions about behavior within the family. Other decisions concern our responsibilities in our jobs.
