metaethics

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics

Read Next

Well-balanced of stones on the top of boulder

What’s the Difference Between Morality and Ethics?

Discover

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

metaethics: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Topics

good-reasons theory cognitivism noncognitivism moral sense moral realism prescriptivism intuitionism emotivism naturalistic fallacy open question argument applied ethics legal ethics casuistry intergenerational ethics environmental ethics moral theology comparative ethics normative ethics biocentrism ethical relativism

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

ethics: Marx

Key People

Derek Parfit

British philosopher