Edited by a leading scholar, Metaethics is a new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Philosophy. It is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research from a rich and flourishing field.

Metaethics is the branch of knowledge that considers the foundational issues of morality, and deals especially with the nature of ethical statements. This work covers the central theories within metaethics. It brings together the important thinking on various key questions that are the focus of research in metaethics.