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nonnaturalism

nonnaturalism noun: the metaethical view that (i) ethical sentences express propositions; (ii) some such propositions are true; (iii) those propositions are made true by objective features of the world, independent of human opinion; and (iv) these moral features of the world are not reducible to any set of non-moral features.

Noun

nonnaturalism (uncountable)

  1. The metaethical view that (i) ethical sentences express propositions; (ii) some such propositions are true; (iii) those propositions are made true by objective features of the world, independent of human opinion; and (iv) these moral features of the world are not reducible to any set of non-moral features.

Origin of nonnaturalism

From non- + naturalism.

Questions about nonnaturalism

What does nonnaturalism mean?
Nonnaturalism means the metaethical view that (i) ethical sentences express propositions; (ii) some such propositions are true; (iii) those propositions are made true by objective features of the world, independent of human opinion; and (iv) these moral features of the world are not reducible to any set of non-moral features.
What part of speech is nonnaturalism?
Nonnaturalism is a noun.

Words near nonnaturalism in the dictionary

  1. nonnationals
  2. nonnative
  3. nonnatives
  4. nonnats
  5. nonnatural
  6. nonnaturalism
  7. nonnaturalist
  8. nonnaturalistic
  9. nonnaturalists
  10. nonnaturality
  11. nonnaturalized

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