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1. openstax.org › pages › 8-3-metaethics8.3 Metaethics - Introduction to Philosophy | OpenStax

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   Metaethics explores, for example, where moral values originate, what it means to say something is right or good, whether there are any objective moral facts, whether morality is (culturally) relative, and whether there is a psychological basis for moral practices and value judgements.

2. plato.stanford.edu › entries › metaethicsMetaethics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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   Jan 23, 2007 · Metaethics. First published Tue Jan 23, 2007; substantive revision Tue Jan 24, 2023. Metaethics is the attempt to understand the metaphysical, epistemological, semantic, and psychological, presuppositions and commitments of moral thought, talk, and practice.

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   Does moral relativism affect meta-ethics?

   • However, some studies have focused on moral relativism specifically (for example, Sarkissian et al. 2011). In any case, some philosophers may wonder about the philosophical relevance of this experimental research. One response is that it could affect criteria of success in meta-ethics.

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   Why do metaethical Relativists argue that moral judgments lack moral authority?

   • Metaethical relativists generally suppose that many fundamental moral disagreements cannot be rationally resolved, and on this basis they argue that moral judgments lack the moral authority or normative force that moral objectivists usually contend these judgments may have.

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   What is metaethical moral relativism (MMR)?

   • Metaethical Moral Relativism ( MMR ). The truth or falsity of moral judgments, or their justification, is not absolute or universal, but is relative to the traditions, convictions, or practices of a group of persons.

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   What is moral relativism?

   • Schematically, we intend to use the term as follows: Moral relativism consists of three components. First, it holds that descriptive, prescriptive, or meta-ethical aspects of prescriptive terms such as ‘right,’ ‘wrong,’ ‘ought,’ etc., (e.g., their use, legitimacy, or meaning) are relative to a moral view.

   Varying versions of moral relativism: the philosophy and psychology of

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4. www.sscnet.ucla.edu › anthro › facultyVarying versions of moral relativism: the philosophy and ...

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   1 This is different for meta-ethical relativism: meta-ethical relativism is most often presented or defended in its extreme form, namely that all moral statements are relatively right or wrong if meta-ethical

5. plato.stanford.edu › entries › moral-relativismMoral Relativism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Feb 19, 2004 · Metaethical Moral Relativism ( MMR ). The truth or falsity of moral judgments, or their justification, is not absolute or universal, but is relative to the traditions, convictions, or practices of a group of persons.

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7. users.wfu.edu › millerc › RelativismMoral Relativism and Moral Psychology - Wake Forest University

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   As stated, meta-ethical moral relativism is a metaphysical view about the existence and nature of moral facts and properties, rather than being first and foremost a semantic view about moral language or a psychological view about moral thought (I defend this approach to formulating moral relativism at length in Miller, forthcoming).

8. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleThe psychology of meta-ethics: Exploring objectivism

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   Mar 1, 2008 · This finding suggests that unlike the meta-ethical systems of philosophers, which tend to be uniform in their treatment of a range of ethical beliefs, ordinary individuals’ meta-ethical systems are highly nuanced.

9. leeds-faculty.colorado.edu › mcgrawp › PDFThe psychology of meta-ethics: Exploring objectivism

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   Moreover, psychological research that has specifically focused on meta-ethics, has not addressed questions concerning ethical objectivism. Instead, it has focused on the distinction between ethical universalism and ethical relativism – i.e., whether individ-uals treat their ethical beliefs as applying to all people, and all cultures (Nichols &