Metaethical Principles, Meta-Prescriptions, and Moral Theories

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Terrance C. McConnell, Professor (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Abstract: Ethicists in the normative tradition seem to believe that moral knowledge is possible. Yet there is widespread disagreement about what the fundamental principle of morality is. Because of the presence of conflicting theories of rightness, it is important to ask how moral theories can be established and refuted.

Additional Information

Publication
American Philosophical Quarterly 22(4) (October 1985), pp. 299-309
Language: English
Date: 1985
Keywords
moral knowledge, morality, moral theory, metaethical principles

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