Well, metaethics isn’t supposed to be good for telling us which things are wrong and which things are right. Nor is it supposed to be about providing us with motivation to do good.
The chief role of metaethics is to answer questions about what it means for things to be morally right or wrong or what we’re doing when we make moral judgments. In some ways, this is a relatively meek endeavor, which is why it’s not completely outrageous for someone to claim it’s ‘solvable’ now.
Well, metaethics isn’t supposed to be good for telling us which things are wrong and which things are right. Nor is it supposed to be about providing us with motivation to do good.
The chief role of metaethics is to answer questions about what it means for things to be morally right or wrong or what we’re doing when we make moral judgments. In some ways, this is a relatively meek endeavor, which is why it’s not completely outrageous for someone to claim it’s ‘solvable’ now.
The chief role of metaethics is to provide far-mode superstimulus for those inclined to rationalize social signals literally.