
Revised and updated throughout, the second edition of What is this thing called Metaethics? demystifies this important subject and is ideal for students coming to it for the first time.

Are moral standards relative to cultures? Are there any moral facts? What is goodness? If there are moral facts how do we learn about them? These are all questions in metaethics, the branch of ethics that investigates the status of morality, the nature of ethical facts,...

Revised and updated throughout, the second edition of What is this thing called Metaethics? demystifies this important subject and is ideal for students coming to it for the first time.