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met·a·eth·ics M0244200 (mĕt′ə-ĕth′ĭks)n. (used with a sing. verb) The study of the meaning and nature of ethical terms, judgments, and arguments.
met′a·eth′i·cal adj.met•a•eth•ics (ˌmɛt əˈɛθ ɪks, ˈmɛt əˌɛθ-)
n. (usu. with a sing. v.) the branch of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of morality. [1945–50] metaethicsa branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations of ethics and especially with the definition of ethical terms and the nature of moral discourse.See also: Ethics, PhilosophymetaethicsenUK
metaethics [met″ah-eth´iks] analysis of the language, concepts, and methods of reasoning in ethics. It studies the meanings of such ethical terms as right, obligation, virtue, principle, justification, sympathy, morality, and responsibility. It also includes study of moral epistemology (the theory of moral knowledge) and the logic and patterns of moral reasoning and justification. Questions for analysis include whether social morality is objective or subjective, relative or nonrelative, and rational or emotive. adj., adj metaeth´ical. |