[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_morality*is in the family of: [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_naturalism which is a form of: [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_realism which is a form of: [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitivism_%28ethics%29 which attempts to give it an Ontological basis. This chain of reasoning is solely from following one Wikipedia article to another. tongue emoticon I tend towards an Epistemological rather than Ontological basis for things in general. I'm just trying to clarify the other position a little better. In broad terms it seems to be a battle between: Meta-ethical moral relativism and Meta-ethical moral universalism very broadly speaking. References Visible links 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_moralit 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_naturalism 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_realism 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitivism_%28ethics%29