 This criticism rests on the assumption that there is a sharp division between normative ethics and metaethics. The constructivist project is to advance our understanding of moral principles and their limits by “clarifying our understanding of the reasons that make familiar moral principles ones that no one could reasonably reject” (Scanlon 1998: 246–247; 2003a: 429–435). The purpose of theorizing in ethics is partly interpretive and partly normative. Thus, there seems to be a disagreement between constructivists and their critics about what it takes to engage in a metaethical inquiry. For the constructivist, there is an interesting continuity between normative discourse and metaethics.