Q&A: Morality — a fact?
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Morality — a fact?
Question
Is morality facts or norms? In other words, is a sentence like “Murder is morally wrong” prescriptive or descriptive?
Answer
“It is forbidden to murder” is a norm. “Murder is morally wrong” can be interpreted as describing a fact, and it can also be interpreted as equivalent to the statement that murder is forbidden, in which case it is a norm.