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Meaning of "meta-ethical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF META-ETHICAL

meta-ethical  [ˌmɛtəˈɛθɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF META-ETHICAL

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Meta-Ethical is an adjective.
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WHAT DOES META-ETHICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Meta-ethics

Meta-ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments. Meta-ethics is one of the four branches of ethics generally recognized by philosophers, the others being descriptive ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. While normative ethics addresses such questions as "What should one do?", thus endorsing some ethical evaluations and rejecting others, meta-ethics addresses questions such as "What is goodness?" and "How can we tell what is good from what is bad?", seeking to understand the nature of ethical properties and evaluations. Some theorists argue that a metaphysical account of morality is necessary for the proper evaluation of actual moral theories and for making practical moral decisions; others reason from opposite premises and suggest that we must impart ideas of moral intuition onto proper action before we can give a proper account of morality's metaphysics.

Definition of meta-ethical in the English dictionary

The definition of meta-ethical in the dictionary is of or relating to the philosophical study of questions about the nature of ethical judgment as distinct from questions of normative ethics, for example, whether ethical judgments state facts or express attitudes, whether there are objective standards of morality, and how moral judgments can be justified.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH META-ETHICAL


article
ˈɑːtɪkəl
bioethical
ˌbaɪəʊˈɛθɪkəl
chemical
ˈkɛmɪkəl
chrestomathical
ˌkrestəʊˈmæθɪkəl
clinical
ˈklɪnɪkəl
critical
ˈkrɪtɪkəl
cycle
ˈsaɪkəl
electrical
ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl
ethical
ˈɛθɪkəl
geographic
dʒɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
historical
hɪˈstɒrɪkəl
hydropathical
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpæθɪkəl
labyrinthical
ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪkəl
mechanical
mɪˈkænɪkəl
medical
ˈmɛdɪkəl
mythical
ˈmɪθɪkəl
nonethical
ˌnɒnˈɛθɪkəl
philomathical
ˌfɪləˈmæθɪkəl
preethical
priːˈeθɪkəl
unethical
ʌnˈɛθɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE META-ETHICAL

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WORDS THAT END LIKE META-ETHICAL

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Synonyms and antonyms of meta-ethical in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «meta-ethical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF META-ETHICAL

Find out the translation of meta-ethical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meta-ethical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meta-ethical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

元伦理学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metaético
570 millions of speakers

English

meta-ethical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेटा नैतिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ما وراء الأخلاقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Мета -этический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meta- ética
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেটা-নৈতিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méta- éthique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meta-etika
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

meta- ethischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メタ倫理
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

메타 윤리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meta-etika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

meta - đạo đức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெட்டா-நீதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेटा-नैतिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Meta-etik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

meta- etico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

meta- etyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мета- етичний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

meta- etic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετα - ηθική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meta- etiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

meta - etiskt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meta - etisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meta-ethical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «META-ETHICAL»

The term «meta-ethical» is used very little and occupies the 170.893 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meta-ethical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «META-ETHICAL»

Discover the use of meta-ethical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meta-ethical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ethical Theory: A Concise Anthology
This has led some to adopt the relativistic meta-ethical view that there is no satisfactory method for choosing among ethical codes, that conflicting ethical opinions can be equally valid. The distinction between normative ethics and meta -ethics ...
Heimir Giersson, Margaret Holmgren, 2000
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Ethics & Professional Practice for Psychologists
In a critical evaluation of the major meta-ethical positions, Cornman, Lehrer and Pappas (1987) conclude that none has been justified. Table 3.1 Meta-ethical perspectives Meta-ethical perspective ('Yes, there are objective moral/ ethical ...
Shirley Anne Morrissey, Prasuna Reddy, 2006
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Index
Descriptive relativism is the doctrine that extensive diversity exists and that it concerns values and principles central to moralities. Meta-ethical relativism is the doctrine that there is no single true or most justified morality. Normative relativism is ...
Edward Craig, 1998
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Ethical Studies
... we mean when we say that sex before marriage is good?' Theories important to the meta- ethical debate include ethical naturalism (definism), ethical non- naturalism (intuitionism) and ethical non-cognitivism (emotivism).
Bob Bowie, Robert Bowie, 2004
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The Market: Ethics, Knowledge and Politics
I refer here to the path from value subjectivism as the meta- ethical thesis. As a meta-ethical thesis subjectivism involves a form of non- cognitivism according to which values are ultimately a matter of will and not of judgement. Statements of ...
John O'Neill, 2003
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Constructivism in Ethics
If I sincerely and literally assert that killing John was wrong, then I am presupposing, it might plausibly be argued, that the correct meta-ethical account will not be an error theory. There are three things to notice about this presupposition. First ...
Carla Bagnoli, 2013
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Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems ...
In addition to the powerful motivating arguments we have just discussed, meta- ethical subjectivism appeals because of its ability to handle several of the problems that beset normative subjectivism. Specifically, the worry about moral infallibility ...
Joel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau, 2013
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Faking Nature: The Ethics of Environmental Restoration
Thus we might make the meta-ethical claim that value judgements are really just expressions of attitudes of approval or disapproval, and we might make the normative judgement that slavery is wrong. The normative judgement offers a moral ...
Robert Elliot, 2008
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Religion and Morality
The focus of the first stage is on features of the moral properties that all meta- ethical theories are required to explain. The aim of the second stage is to prove that DCM offers a better account of these features than alternative theories. This way ...
Avi Sagi, Abraham Sagi, Daniel Statman, 1995
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God, Goodness and Philosophy
Thus, strong meta-ethical realism cannot accommodate the fact that Darwinian forces have deeply influenced the content of our moral convictions. Accordingly, the TEC yields a convincing argument against strong meta-ethical realism.89 ...
Dr Harriet A Harris, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «META-ETHICAL»

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Opinionator | Can Moral Disputes Be Resolved?
And most of all, this meta-ethical theory helps us understand why such disputes are sometimes intractable. Meta-ethics has begun to make use ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Thinking about how we think about morality
One of the most interesting things we've discovered thus far is that most people are meta-ethical pluralists. That is, they view some moral ... «OUPblog, Mar 15»
3
Does religion deserve a place in secular medicine?
You get the idea: other moral frameworks could be slotted right in. The point is, we all have certain meta-ethical commitments (whether explicit ... «Practical Ethics, Feb 15»
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Valley Voice: No one has a monopoly on morality
Here, then, is the corresponding meta-ethical question: What constitutes morality? Does one require a deity (which can neither be proven nor ... «The Desert Sun, Feb 15»
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I'm a Mommy Blogger and Proud of It
The book was about the meta-ethical theory of pluralism as it manifested itself in pre-Platonic Greek thought. Now I have a website, where I ... «TIME, Nov 14»
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Moral Diversity: Asset or Liability for Liberty?
It's the meta-ethical problem that I think we're wrestling with here. Now, finally, I want to touch quickly on this idea of fantasy-construction. We don't need to erect ... «The Objective Standard, Aug 14»
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Ethics Without Morals by Joel Marks
Marks is here making a meta-ethical claim – a claim about the status of ethics – which claim I like to explain in terms of the language used to express it. That is ... «Philosophy Now, Jul 14»
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Queen Minus Freddie Mercury? No Thank You
EMOTIVISM This is the "meta-ethical view that claims that ethical sentences do not express propositions but emotional attitudes." Whether I ... «Houston Press, Jul 14»
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Superhuman Error: What Conservatives Chuck Dixon & Paul …
... disagreements are more significant than agreements — and meta-ethical moral relativism — the idea that moral judgments are not absolute, ... «ComicsAlliance, Jun 14»
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Book Analyses Moral Dimensions Of Intellectual Property Rights
Through meta-ethical theories, in particular of R.M. Hare, Ang analyses the moral dimension of various aspects of IPRs, such as their ... «Intellectual Property Watch, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Meta-Ethical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/meta-ethical>. Apr 2024 ».
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