10 Questions
What is an uncontroversial example?
An example that nearly everyone in the target audience evaluates in the same way
What is an action that is morally acceptable to perform?
Morally permissible action
What is an action that we have a duty to perform based on moral principles?
Morally required action
What is an action that we have a duty to abstain from based on moral principles?
Morally forbidden action
What branch of ethics questions the nature of morality as a whole?
Metaethics
What does the term 'meta' refer to in the context of metaethics?
Something referring to itself
What kind of question does metaethics ask about ethics?
What counts as justification in ethics?
What is an example of a question that metaethics asks about ethics?
How do we define what is good or bad?
Can morality be objective according to metaethics?
It is unclear if morality can be objective
What is the primary concern of metaethics?
To question the nature of morality as a whole
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