Moral Statement

A Moral Statement is an evaluative statement that represents a moral judgement (about a morally-judgeable event).

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Positive Moral Statement to being a Negative Moral Statement.
• Example(s):
  • “What Hitler did is morally wrong.”.
  • “Giving money to UNICEF is a good act.”.
  • “Lowering a worker's wages is a bad act.
  • “Hiring a new worker for a new lower wage is typically not a bad act.”.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Product Evaluation Statement.
  • an Economic Statement.
  • a Logic Statement.
  • a Moral Decision.
• See: Agent Choice, Moral Concept.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meta-ethics Retrieved:2014-6-22.
  • Meta-ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments.

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