[met-uh-eth-iks, met-uh-eth-] 
) | the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles. |
| met·a·eth·ics (mět'ə-ěth'ĭks) n. (used with a sing. verb) The study of the meaning and nature of ethical terms, judgments, and arguments. met'a·eth'i·cal adj. |
metaethics
the subdiscipline of ethics concerned with determining the nature of moral concepts and judgments largely through the analysis of the logical and semantic aspects of moral language.
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