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META-ETHICS [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ethics and Morals
DEF

... the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments.

OBS

While normative ethics addresses such questions as "What should I do?" ... meta-ethics addresses questions such as "What is goodness?" and "How can we tell what is good from what is bad?" ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éthique et Morale
CONT

La méta-éthique désigne la partie de la philosophie morale qui analyse les concepts fondamentaux de l'éthique, leurs présupposés épistémologiques et leur signification. Elle va de pair avec l'éthique normative, dont elle est censée définir les fondements.

Key term(s)
  • métaéthique

Spanish

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