On L. W. Sumner’s “Normative ethics and metaethics”

• Main Author: Forcehimes, Andrew T.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Ethics; Normative Ethics; Metaethics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142801
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Due largely to the influential work of Ronald Dworkin, there is an ongoing debate concerning the possibility of genuine metaethical theorizing. Those suspicious of the possibility of metaethics argue in two steps. The first step lays down a requirement, namely, neutrality: genuine metaethical theori...