Moral non-naturalism

Abstract

Although G.E. Moore initially held that moral concepts cannot be analyzed in non-normative terms, contemporary non-naturalists accept this analysis. Instead, this article analyzes the dimensions of similarity of the moral/non-moral distinction to related distinctions of naturalism and non-naturalism such as those of the semantic thesis; the epistemological thesis; the metaphysical thesis; the methodology of naturalism versus non-naturalism; the naturalistic fallacy; the open question argument; the explanatory impotence; motivation; explaining supervenience; and, meta-ethical theories. – AI-generated abstract.