non cognitivism

Question 1

Non cognitivism

Answer 1

There are no objective moral properties or truths-moral statements are subjective emotional expressions about the world-anti realist-

Question 2

Fact Value distinction

Answer 2

Suggests we cant derive values or oughts from facts because values are subjective and facts are objective

Question 3

Hume-Emotivism

Answer 3

Suggests that moral judgements arent derived from reason but from emotion-we call actions wrong when they provoke negative emotions- these responses are subjective and refer only to our perceptions nothing in reality

Question 4

Ayer-Emotivism

Answer 4

Ethical language is emotive because it cannot be emperically verified thus lacks meaning and cant tell us about the existence of anything in reality just about our own subjective feelings

Question 5

Hume-emotivism examples

Answer 5

-We call actions like ingratitude wrong only because of the emotional responses it provokes in us-we attach it to the fact of an action but it is a subjective response-
-If morality was objective it would apply to the whole animal kingdom not just humans