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Philosophy Now

Beyond Right and Wrong

Jun 8, 2014
Edward Harcourt from Keble College, Oxford and Richard Rowland from the University of Warwick discuss meta-ethics, moral claims, evolution of moral concepts, relativism in ethics, global differences in moral opinion, convergence and divergence in ethical philosophy, and understanding meta-ethics.
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  • Meta-ethics evaluates different ethical theories and explores the nature of moral claims and the concept of right and wrong.
  • Ethical theories offer different actions or principles to follow in moral situations, such as utilitarianism and rights-based theories.

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Meta-ethics examines different ideas and theories about ethics and morality

Meta-ethics involves evaluating different ethical theories and understanding the basis of ethics, such as the nature of moral claims and what it means for something to be right or wrong.

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