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metaethics logo #21003the subdiscipline of ethics concerned with determining the nature of moral concepts and judgments largely through the analysis of the logical and ... [1 related articles]
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metaethics logo #21001(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...
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