| Value-pluralism is a theory in metaethics, rather than a theory of normative ethics, or a set of values in itself. |
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| Much contemporary metaethics relies on assumptions about the nature of moral thought in the actual world. |
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| The first difficulty is that constructivism comes in several varieties, each of which claims a different niche within metaethics, and some claim no space at all. |
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| Nonetheless, although deontological theories can be agnostic regarding metaethics, some metaethical accounts seem less hospitable than others to deontology. |
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| These daily moral decisions serve as the source for both normative ethics and metaethics. |
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| Mohist utilitarian metaethics pointed to natural realism. |
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| There is no adequate proof of the truth of metaethics. |
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| The choice of metaethics, however, is noncognitive. |
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| To a somewhat lesser extent he examines issue of metaethics, including intuitionism, emotivism, and prescriptivism. |
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| This fine book seeks to draw on eudaimonism to address questions about the nature of reasons and values and thus begins a welcome foray into metaethics. |
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