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Moral theories predict feelings, mathemathical theories predict different things. Moral philosophy assumes you already know genocide is wrong and it tries to figure out how your subconscious generates this feeling: http://lesswrong.com/lw/m8y/dissolving_philosophy/
No. This is what theories of moral psychology do. Philosophical ethicists do not consider themselves to be in the same business.