During the middle of the century, the study of normative ethics declined as meta-ethics grew in prominence.
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Traditionally, normative ethics ( also known as moral theory ) was the study of what makes actions right and wrong.
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In the juncture between normative ethics and descriptive ethics, Nietzsche distinguishes between " master morality " and " slave morality ".
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Value-pluralism is a theory in metaethics, rather than a theory of normative ethics, or a set of values in itself.
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In 2006, Cambridge University Press published Tara Smith's book, " Ayn Rand s Normative Ethics : The Virtuous Egoist ".
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As a result, analytic philosophers avoided normative ethics, and instead began meta-ethical investigations into the nature of moral terms, statements, and judgments.
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Some of her work was crucial in the re-emergence of normative ethics within analytic philosophy, especially her critique of consequentialism and of non-cognitivism.
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Although his dissertation concerned scientific explanation, on which he has published several articles, his main research since centers on contemporary metaethics and normative ethics, especially consequentialism.
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Furthermore, authors writing on normative ethics often accept " methodological intuitionism " as they present allegedly obvious or intuitive examples or thought experiments as support for their theories.
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In 1997, Kagan published a textbook titled " Normative Ethics, " designed to provide a thorough introduction to the subject for upper-level undergraduate or graduates students.
