Moral Philosophy · 2.2

Metaethics

Distinguish moral realism from anti-realism, then test naturalism, intuitionism, error theory, emotivism and prescriptivism through their central arguments.

Are moral judgements reports of objective truth or expressions of attitudes and prescriptions?

Distinguish moral realism from anti-realism, then test naturalism, intuitionism, error theory, emotivism and prescriptivism through their central arguments.

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Metaethics
Moral realism
Is-ought gap
Moral anti-realism

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Metaethics

Are moral judgements reports of objective truth or expressions of attitudes and prescriptions?

Metaethics: What Are Moral Judgements Doing?

Moral Realism: Nature, Intuition and the Open Question

Realism Under Pressure: Hume, Ayer and Mackie

Moral Anti-Realism: Error, Emotion or Prescription?

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Are moral judgements reports of objective truth or expressions of attitudes and prescriptions?

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