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Mar 1, 2008 · In this paper, we develop a method that distinguishes ethical objectivists (i.e., individuals who take their ethical beliefs to express true facts about the world) from ethical subjectivists (i.e., individuals who take their ethical beliefs to be mind-dependent, and to express nothing more than facts about human psychology).
- Geoffrey P. Goodwin, John M. Darley
- 2008
- Metaethics: Introduction. The prefix “meta” is derived from the Greek for “beyond”. Metaethics is therefore a form of study that is beyond the topics considered in normative or applied ethics.
- The Value of Metaethics. A former colleague once suggested that Metaethics was entirely and frustratingly pointless — academia for academia’s sake, she thought.
- Cognitivism versus Non-Cognitivism. Key to the successful study of Metaethics is understanding the various key terminological distinctions that make up the “metaethical map”.
- Realism versus Anti-Realism. The second key fork in the road that separates metaethical theories is the choice between Moral Realism and Moral Anti-Realism (as with Cognitivism, the “Moral” prefix is assumed from hereon).
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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.
The term ‘moral relativism’ is associated with a variety of very different concepts, some of which function mainly to oppose the view. 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
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 &
Sep 11, 2015 · 1. What is Relativism? 1.1 The co-variance definition. 1.2 Relativism by contrast. 1.3 The hidden parameter definition. 1.4 The scope of relativism. 1.4.1 Global vs. Local Relativism. 1.4.2 Strong vs. Weak Relativism. 2. Why Relativism? 2.1 Empirical claims of diversity and their consequences. 2.2 Disagreements and intractability.
Nov 6, 2015 · 1. What Is Meta-ethics? Meta-ethics is a major field of enquiry in philosophy. The ‘meta’ in ‘meta-ethics’ signifies ‘above’. Meta-ethics is the attempt to answer questions about ethics. Philosophers working in this area are not so much concerned with what people or acts in particular are ethical.
