Tuesday, January 8,2002 ETHICS

Emotivism-theory about the meaning of moral statements. There are no "moral facts."
*Moral statements are simply expressions of emotional attitudes and subjective preferences.
*Morality is about people attempting to persuade others to adopt their subjective preferences.

OBJECTIONS:
1) Our belief that Wanton murder, torture, rape, etc. is wrong is merely a subjective feeling. There is nothing objectively wrong with Wanton murder.
2) People argue at length about morality this seems to imply facts are at issue.