Meta ethics

"Meta"= Greek for above or beyond.

• looks beyond ethical theories
• look at the language terms used in ethical theories 
• differs to normative ethics
• NORMATIVE ETHICS =gives us a guide for moral behaviour and tells us what is right or wrong
• Its a branch of moral philosphy as it looks at the way inwhich people use the language of morals
• It does look at normative ethics, but tries to understand the terms used.

meta ethics raises questions

• what does right and wrong mean?
• are we expresing opinions?
• philosphers try to answer = debates
• moral realists = there are subjective truths in the world = exsisit independently of us. Properties like "wicked" or "Kind" are real properties of a person. like rough and smooth are physical properties objercts 
• this view = related to cognitive labguage.