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Metaethics investigates where morals supposedly come from & how they might (or might not!) be real. Fascinating! Links for the Curious Plato's Euthyphro Dilemma, one of the oldest investigations into metaethics we know of - http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/euthyfr... A great summary of J.L. Mackie's position on Moral Error Theory - http://people.umass.edu/ffeldman/Chap... The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's summary of Hume's moral philosophy (when in doubt, read some Hume) - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hum... Kant's "Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals," a fantastic starting point for a priori logical justifications for moral principles - http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/pdfs/... Sam Harris's TED talk on using science to ground moral realism (note: many philosophers don't find Harris's points particularly compelling, but he does strike off in an interesting direction worth considering) -    • Science can answer moral questions | Sam H...   A.J. Ayer's "Critique of Ethics & Theology," a cogent statement of emotivism (a form of noncognitivism, see ch. 6) - http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/he... Cuneo's "The Normative Web: An Argument for Moral Realism," one of the more recent texts which has prompted a resurgence in moral realism among philosophers - http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&l... PhilosphyTube's fantastic video regarding the issues of noncognitivism, namely The Embedding Problem (The Frege-Geach Problem) -    • Most Famous Ethical Puzzle: The Frege-Geac...