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Moral Philosophy
Metaethics
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Metaethics
Cognitivism
Noncognitivism
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Noncognitivism
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Prescriptivism

Prescriptivism

Prescriptivism is the noncognitivist metaethical theory according to which moral statements are prescriptions, instructions how to behave.

According to prescriptivism, when we say that an act is morally good, we are not attributing a property--goodness--to it, but rather are instructing people to do it.