metaethic

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noun

A theory of metaethics.

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Meanings

nounmetaethic (plural metaethics)

plural metaethics

  1. ethicsA theory of metaethics.

    Now Olafson points out, rightly I think, that the nonnaturalist or objectivist metaethic offers an account of ultimate moral disagreement which is much closer to what is commonly believed or implicitly assumed in ordinary life.

    1958 January, Paul W. Taylor, “The Normative Function of Metaethics”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 67, number 1, →JSTOR, page 24

Origin

From meta- + ethic.

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