Metaethics and Virtue Ethics

This metaethical framework says that there are verifiable, provable moral facts.

• Moral antirealism

• Existentialism

• Moral Realism

• Utilitarianism

This metaethical framework says that there are no moral facts but everyone has moral attitudes to determine right from wrong.

• Moral Absolutism

• Normative Cultural Relativism

• Moral Subjectivism

• Descriptive Cultural Relativism

Metaethics studies the foundations of what?

• Theology

• Philosophy

• Deontology

• Morality

The search for a foundation for moral beliefs is known as what?

• Metaethics

• Grounding Problem

• Moral Antirealism

• Moral Principles

The building blocks that make up ethical frameworks are known as what?

• Moral Principles

• Metaethics

• Grounding Problem

• Moral Absolutism

Virtue ethics says that everyone has a fixed nature, also known as their ______.

Being ____ means doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, in the right amount, towards the right people.

In virtue ethics, virtue exists as the _____ between the vices of excess and deficiency.

• Golden Mean

• Middle

• Mediator

• Crossroads

The pinnacle of humanity, a life well lived, is known as ____.

According to virtue ethics, we have built in us the capacity to recognize and follow ______, people who live virtuous lives.

• Golden Means

• Moral Exemplars

• Virtuous People

• Holy People