Prescriptivity

Prescriptivity is a term used in meta-ethicsto describe a feature of moral theories. A prescription does two things:

1. Describes the world the way it is, and
2. Sets forth a situation that one would like to see the world become.

It tells us how the world should be.

See R. M. Harefor more information.

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