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That is of course, not what is right, but what she thinks is right. So far, so subjective.
Again, that is not the right thing, that is just what she thinks. An Objective metaethicist could answer the question what is right.
No: they are value terms about what we should want and be and do.
And the "we" is important here. Your metaethicists are like therapsists or life coaches or personal shoppers who advise people how to make their individual lives spiffier. But moral action is not solipsistic: moral choices affect other people. That's why we can't stop at "whatever you think is right is right". I don't want one of your metaethicists telling my neighbour how to be a better serial killer.
I agree that Luke's approach has at times seemed implausibly individualistic. Moral reasoning is interpersonal from the get-go.