The Metaethics of Maat

In Colin Marshall (ed.), Comparative Metaethics: Neglected Perspectives on the Foundations of Morality. London: Routledge. pp. 19-39 (2019)
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This essay attempts to recover the ancient Egyptian notion of "maat" as a valuable resource for contemporary metaethics, exploring in particular affinities with versions of modern non-cognitivism.

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