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About the lecture

In this module, we provide an introduction to metaethics itself, focusing in particular on: (i) the difference between ethics and metaethics; (ii) some of the key questions that metaethics poses – what are moral properties? do they really exist? what state of mind is one in when one makes a moral statement? how does one know that something is wrong? if moral properties don’t exist, what does it mean when we say ‘murder is wrong’?; (iii) an introduction to the distinction between moral realism and moral anti-realism (do moral properties exist?); and (iv) an introduction to the distinction between cognitivism and non-cognitivism (are ethical statements truth-apt?).

About the lecturer

Iain Law is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. His main interests are in meta-ethics, applied ethics and ethical theory, and he is currently working on papers in moral theory, moral psychology, the philosophy of medicine and applied ethics.

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APA style

Law, I. (2021, January 01). Meta-Ethical Theories - Introduction [Video]. MASSOLIT. https://massolit.io/options/meta-ethical-theories-f331a529-ddc3-4a88-8168-b0d36e429048?auth=0&lesson=3374&option=4298&type=lesson

MLA style

Law, I. "Meta-Ethical Theories – Introduction." MASSOLIT, uploaded by MASSOLIT, 01 Jan 2021, https://massolit.io/options/meta-ethical-theories-f331a529-ddc3-4a88-8168-b0d36e429048?auth=0&lesson=3374&option=4298&type=lesson