As I understand it, ethics is often split into the branches meta-ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. Iâm guessing the Moral Philosophy tag is meant to cover all of those branches, or maybe just the latter two. Meta-Ethics would just cover questions about âthe nature, scope, and meaning of moral judgmentâ (Wikipedia).
So some questions that wouldnât fit in Meta-Ethics, but would fit in Moral Philosophy, include:
Should we be deontologists or consequentialists?
What should be considered intrinsically valuable (e.g., suffering, pleasure, preference satisfaction, achievement, etc.)?
Whereas Meta-Ethics could include posts on things like arguments for moral realism vs moral antirealism. (Iâm not sure whether those posts should also go in Moral Philosophy.)
Whatâs the intended difference between Meta-Ethics and Moral Philosophy?
As I understand it, ethics is often split into the branches meta-ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. Iâm guessing the Moral Philosophy tag is meant to cover all of those branches, or maybe just the latter two. Meta-Ethics would just cover questions about âthe nature, scope, and meaning of moral judgmentâ (Wikipedia).
So some questions that wouldnât fit in Meta-Ethics, but would fit in Moral Philosophy, include:
Should we be deontologists or consequentialists?
What should be considered intrinsically valuable (e.g., suffering, pleasure, preference satisfaction, achievement, etc.)?
What beings should be in our moral circles?
Whereas Meta-Ethics could include posts on things like arguments for moral realism vs moral antirealism. (Iâm not sure whether those posts should also go in Moral Philosophy.)