Prescriptivity

Prescriptivity is a term used in meta-ethics to 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. Hare for more information.

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See also: Prescriptivity, Meta-ethics, Philosophy, R. M. Hare, Moral theory