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Metaethics is the attempt to understand the metaphysical, epistemological, semantic, and psychological, presuppositions and commitments of moral thought, talk, and practice.
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What does *substantive* in the term 'substantive normative claim' mean?
I found a paragraph in Parfit's On What Matters that gives a definition of "substantive normative claim":
There is another way in which some people have come to accept
subjective theories about …
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What does *substantive* in the term 'substantive normative claim' mean?
In Sharon Street's paper, "Nothing "Really" Matters, but That's Not What Matters", she uses the phrase substantive normative-claim:
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that this is because Parfit is thinking of the claim …
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What's the difference between a 'duty' and 'obligation'?
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I enrolled in a class, The Philosophy of Human Rights. The authors of the course readings never use 'duty' and 'obligation' interchangeably, so I suspect that the terms may have distinct m …
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