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Meta-ethics
Is like the base fir know if something moral it is good or not
Three forms of moral
1. Absolutism: There are absolute standards against which moral questions can be
judged.
2. Relativism: More than one moral position or given topic can be correct
3. Subjectivism: Moral statement can be true or false- right or wrong- but they refer only
to people’s attitudes rather than their actions.
Descriptive and normative cultural relativism
People’s moral belief differ from culture to culture
Normative
It’s not your beliefs, but moral facts themselves that differ from culture to culture
Moral Subjectivism
Moral statement can be true or false- right or wrong- but they refer only to people’s attitudes
rather than their actions.
Concept of an ethical theory
Have some kind of starting assumptions, which shouldn’t be surprising, because really all of
our beliefs rest on some basic, assumed beliefs.