metaethics

See also: meta-ethics

English

Alternative forms

• meta-ethics

Etymology

meta- +‎ ethics

Noun

metaethics (uncountable)

1. (ethics) The descriptive study of philosophical ethical systems, especially with regard to their key concepts, techniques of reasoning and analysis, and linguistic conventions.

Derived terms

• metaethical

References

• “metaethics”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards (ed.), Macmillan, 1967. See: "Ethics, Problems of" by Kai Nielsen, vol. 3, pp. 117-134.