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What does non-cognitivism assert about moral judgments?
What does non-cognitivism assert about moral judgments?
- Moral judgments do not convey anything true or false. (correct)
- Moral judgments are universally accepted.
- Moral judgments are based on objective facts.
- Moral judgments can be known.
What is emotivism?
What is emotivism?
A non-cognitivist theory stating moral statements are expressions of feelings and attitudes.
What does prescriptivism claim about moral statements?
What does prescriptivism claim about moral statements?
The purpose is to 'prescribe' a set of moral standards to others without objective basis.
Non-cognitivism includes theories such as __________ and __________.
Non-cognitivism includes theories such as __________ and __________.
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Non-cognitivism
- Non-cognitivism asserts that moral judgments lack truth value; they do not describe the world as true or false.
- Major non-cognitivist theories include emotivism and prescriptivism.
Emotivism
- Developed by A.J. Ayer, emotivism posits that moral statements express emotions rather than convey factual information.
- Moral statements are seen as subjective expressions of feelings and attitudes rather than objective assertions.
Prescriptivism
- Formulated by R.M. Hare, prescriptivism argues that moral statements aim to prescribe moral standards to others.
- These prescriptive moral standards do not ground themselves in objective facts or truths.
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