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Definition of Metaethics
1. Noun. (ethics) The descriptive study of philosophical ethical systems, especially with regard to their key concepts, techniques of reasoning and analysis, and linguistic conventions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metaethics
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaethics
Literary usage of Metaethics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Liberty And Justice by Tibor R. Machan (2006)
"... 2001) and also in "metaethics and Teleology," Review of Metaphysics (September
2001). ..."
2. The Business of Commerce: Examining an Honorable Profession by James Chesher, Tibor R. Machan (1999)
"... namely, prosperity.16 Deontological metaethics is deficient precisely because
it rejects the connection between right conduct and certain natural ends ..."
3. Initiative: Human Agency and Society by Tibor R. Machan (2000)
"These features of Aristotle's ethics—or rather metaethics—appear to place
Aristotle's version ..."
4. A Matter of Size: Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative by National Research Council (U.S.), National Academy Press (U.S. (2006)
"... and metaethics, which seeks to elevate the psychological underpinnings of
military nanotechnology from the tacit to the explicit. ..."
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