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The view that moral values cannot be reduced to natural properties and are thus not subject to empirical inquiry.

The view that humans cannot have knowledge of moral truths, or that moral knowledge is inherently uncertain.

The view that moral statements do not express beliefs and are not truth-apt, but express emotions or prescriptions.

The belief that there are objective moral facts that are independent of human beliefs and consciousness.

The acknowledgment that there are several substantive moral viewpoints, which may be valid and reasonable, and no single moral position can claim absolute authority.

The empirical study of people's moral beliefs and practices, without endorsing any particular ethical position.

The position that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint such as a cultural or historical context.

The interdisciplinary field at the intersection of metaethics and psychology, exploring how moral beliefs and attitudes are formed and what they consist of.

The denial that moral realism is true, often holding that moral statements are not true in an objective sense.

A form of non-cognitivism that suggests moral statements simply express emotions and are like exclamations.

The study of the nature and scope of moral knowledge, how it is acquired, and to what extent it is possible.

A view in metaethics that moral facts are not discovered but constructed by agents, often through rational deliberation or social practices.

The theory that ethical terms or properties can be defined and understood through empirical observation of the natural world.

The area of metaethics concerned with theoretical questions about value and goodness.

A form of moral anti-realism that posits all moral claims are systematically false, as they purport to describe moral facts that do not exist.

The branch of ethics concerned with the analysis of specific, controversial moral issues such as abortion, euthanasia, or animal rights.

The metaethical stance that moral judgment is determined by considering the particular context of an action, rather than applying general moral principles.

The ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, regardless of other contexts such as the intentions behind them or the consequences of the actions.

The study of ethical action and addresses questions of how one ought to act, morally speaking.

The view that moral statements express beliefs that can be true or false.

The view in metaethics that there are objective moral truths which are known through intuition, often seen as self-evident and not requiring further proof.

A metaethical theory that posits that moral statements express the speaker's attitudes or emotions, rather than being descriptive statements of fact.

A form of non-cognitivism stating that moral statements function as imperatives and prescriptions rather than assertions of fact.

The idea that moral judgments and truths are dependent on the sentiments or attitudes of individual subjects.