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Further reading:Bibliography

Joyce, Richard. 2015. Lutz, Matthew & James Lenman (2018) Moral anti-realism. In Edward Zalta (ed.)naturalism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Philosophy, May 30 (updated 21 December 2021).

Lenman, James. 2006. Joyce, Richard (2007) Moral naturalism. In Edward Zalta (ed.)anti-realism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Philosophy, July 30 (updated 25 October 2016).

Ridge, Michael. 2014. Michael (2003) Moral non-naturalism. In Edward Zalta (ed.)naturalism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Philosophy, February 1 (updated 21 August 2019).

Sayre-McCord, Geoff. 2012. Metaethics. In Edward Zalta (ed.)Geoff (2005) Moral realism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Philosophy, October 3 (updated 31 October 2020).

Sayre-McCord, Geoff. 2015. Moral realism. In Edward Zalta (ed.)Geoff (2007) Metaethics, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Philosophy, January 23 (updated 28 April 2014).

Vanvan Roojen, Mark. 2013. Mark (2004) Moral cognitivism vs. non-cognitivism. In Edward Zalta (ed.)cognitivism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Philosophy, January 23 (updated 28 June 2018).

Two major positions in metaethics are moral realism and moral antirealism. Moral Realismrealism has a number of forms:forms, including:

• Moral Naturalism:naturalism: The claim that moral truths are reducible to natural facts in the world.

• Moral Non-Naturalism:non-naturalism: The claim that moral trust are unusual types of truths (perhaps equivalent in nature to truths about mathematics).

Moral Anti-Realismanti-realism also has a number of forms:forms, including:

• Moral Error Theory:error theory: The view that people’s moral practice and language commit them to mind-independent moral truths, but that there are no such truths.

• Moral Non-Cognitivism:non-cognitivism: The view that moral practice does not commit people to mind-independent moral truth. Moral Non-Cognitivists argue that moral practice is properly understood as an expression of people’s values.

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Moral Realism has a number of forms:

Moral Naturalism: The claim that moral truths are reducible to natural facts in the world.

Moral Non-Naturalism: The claim that moral trust are unusual types of truths (perhaps equivalent in nature to truths about mathematics).

Moral Anti-Realism also has a number of forms:

Moral Error Theory: The view that people’s moral practice and language commit them to mind-independent moral truths, but that there are no such truths.

Moral Non-Cognitivism: The view that moral practice does not commit people to mind-independent moral truth. Moral Non-Cognitivists argue that moral practice is properly understood as an expression of people’s values.

Further reading:

Joyce, Richard. 2015. Moral anti-realism. In Edward Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Lenman, James. 2006. Moral naturalism. In Edward Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Ridge, Michael. 2014. Moral non-naturalism. In Edward Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Sayre-McCord, Geoff. 2012. Metaethics. In Edward Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Sayre-McCord, Geoff. 2015. Moral realism. In Edward Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Van Roojen, Mark. 2013. Moral cognitivism vs. non-cognitivism. In Edward Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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See also Moral Philosophymoral philosophy.

The MetaethicsMeta-Ethics tag is for posts about "the nature, scope, and meaning of moral judgment", and "questions such as 'What is goodness?' and 'How can we tell what is good from what is bad?'" (Wikipedia).

The Meta-EthicsMetaethics tag is for posts about "the nature, scope, and meaning of moral judgment", and "questions such as 'What is goodness?' and 'How can we tell what is good from what is bad?'" (Wikipedia).