Metaethics: An Introduction | Andrew Fisher | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #16

🔍 Overview: This episode with Professor Andrew Fisher provides an overview of Metaethics in the hope that it will encourage you to push into this area of philosophy and explore the landscape.

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🗣️ Highlights
[Highlight 1]: What is Metaethics, and how does it link with Applied and Normative Ethics?
[Highlight 2]: What do the terms Cognitivism and Non-Cognitivism mean?
[Highlight 3]: Which metaethical theories are often conflated, and what does this mean for ethical discourse?

🕒 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
2:34 - Andy and Philosophy
3:29 - Metaethics Compared to Applied Ethics and Normative Ethics
5:35 - Truth-Apt
6:57 - Error Theory
12:29 - Moral Motivation
16:30 - Subjectivism
20:58 - Realism
24:27 - Moral Naturalism
27:03 - Moral Non-Naturalism
34:30 - Non-Cognitivism
37:04 - Truth and Non-Cognitivism
41:36 - Emotivism
44:59 - Quasi-Realism
47:09 - Prescriptivism
49:35 - Moral Intuitions
53:12 - Experimental Philosophy
57:08 - Andy's Metaethical View
1:02:08 - Metaethics and Descriptions
1:03:32 - Closing Remarks

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Moral Realism by Kevin DeLapp: https://amzn.to/4edpjZF
Metaethics by Simon Kirchin: https://amzn.to/3yOhnxX
Moral Realism: A Defence by Russ Shafer-Landau: https://amzn.to/3Vt4IsW
Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction by Alexander Miller: https://amzn.to/4bSJx9O
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