3.2.3 Metaethics - 3 markers

Question 1

What is the difference between cognitivism and non-cognitivism?

Answer 1

Cognitivism is the view that ethical claims are truth evaluable, whereas non-cognitivism is the view that
moral claims cannot be true or false / are not therefore truth evaluable.

Question 2

What is moral realism?

Answer 2

There are mind-independent moral properties/facts.

Question 3

What is moral anti-realism?

Answer 3

There are no mind-independent moral properties/facts.