Nonnaturalism
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nonnaturalism is a noun meaning (ethics) The metaethical view that (i) ethical sentences express propositions; (ii) some such propositions are true; (iii) those propositions are made true by objective features of the world, independent of human opinion; and (iv) these moral features of the world are not reducible to any set of non-moral features.
Meaning
(ethics) The metaethical view that (i) ethical sentences express propositions; (ii) some such propositions are true; (iii) those propositions are made true by objective features of the world, independent of human opinion; and (iv) these moral features of the world are not reducible to any set of non-moral features.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nonnaturalist, antinaturalism, naturalism, objectivism, emotivism, neo-objectivism.
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