metaethic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meta- +‎ ethic

Noun[edit]

metaethic (plural metaethics)

  1. (ethics) A theory of metaethics.
    • 1958 January, Paul W. Taylor, “The Normative Function of Metaethics”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 67, number 1, →JSTOR, page 24:
      Now Olafson points out, rightly I think, that the nonnaturalist or objectivist metaethic offers an account of ultimate moral disagreement which is much closer to what is commonly believed or implicitly assumed in ordinary life.
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