Metaethics
Metaethics asks “What kind of stuff is goodness made of?” (or “How would we compute goodness?”) rather than “Which particular policies or outcomes are good or not-good?”
Children:
- Terminal versus instrumental goals / values / preferences
Distinguish events wanted for their consequences, from events wanted locally.
Parents:
- Philosophy
A stub parent node to contain standard concepts, belonging to subfields of academic philosophy, that are being used elsewhere on Arbital.