Metaethics is the inquiry into the nature of morality (or ethics, I use the words morality, morals, and ethics as synonyms). When we pass moral judgements, what kind of claims are we then making? I speak of this as the semantic metaethical question. a re there moral facts, to be discovered by us and existing independently of our thoughts and conceptualisation? I speak of this as the ontological or me- physical metaethical question. a nd, if there are, can we know about them; and, if we can, how do we get this kind of knowledge? I speak of this as the epistemic metaethical question. a ll these...
Metaethics is the inquiry into the nature of morality (or ethics, I use the words morality, morals, and ethics as synonyms). When we pass moral judgem...
