Suppose that someone says that we ought not to use capital punishment. This is a view about
Suppose that someone says that we ought not to use capital punishment. This is a view about
When we do metaethics, we take a stand on the nature and methodology of moral judgments -- for example, that moral judgments describe how we feel and thus are arrived at by searching out our feelings.
Suppose that someone says that we ought not to use capital punishment. This is a view about
When we do normative ethics, we take a stand on how we ought to live -- for example, that we ought or ought not to use capital punishment.