I'm planning to make an edit to the piece addressing the common alternate way of defining realism, such that it essentially is synonymous with objectivism. These classification schemes are really useful for me to think about when working on that, so thanks! As you can see in the first one, anti-realism is encompassing subjectivism—potentially confusing to someone who has read my piece, because I specifically classified subjectivism as a realist position! The issue is coming from the fact that your first diagram treats "realism" as meaning "moral claims are truth-apt, some are true, and the truth values of them are mind-independent" (which is basically the same as objectivism) whereas I've defined it... (read more)
Hi folks! Been a LessWrong lurker for a while. Here's a little project I'm excited about, which has been useful in organizing my thoughts on meta-ethics.
This piece is a walk-through of an original flowchart (made with lots of help from friends) that categorizes the major meta-ethical positions. It lays out the points where different meta-ethical theories diverge and gives a brief intro to each major theory. I think it's a nice tool for getting a sense of the broadest strokes of academic meta-ethics, and being able to hold the different theories in your head.
https://medium.com/@tommycrow/what-is-your-meta-ethical-position-c27939810985
I was planning on joining November 1, and I'm also finding this link and the one in the post invalid. Help?