PHI 1700H Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Emotivism, Subjectivism, Prime Number
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David hume: morality is a matter of sentiment rather than fact. X is morally unacceptable, they are disagreeing: however, if simple subjectivism were correct, there could be no disagreement. Therefore, simple subjectivism cannot be correct: simple subjectivism implies that we"re always right, so long as someone is honestly representing her own feelings, her moral judgments will always be correct. But this contradicts the plain fact that we sometimes make mistakes about ethics. The second stage: emotivism: emotivism, language is used in many ways, according to emotivism, moral language is not fact-stating language; it is not. 4. used to convey information or to make reports. It is used as a means of influencing people"s behavior. 1: she does not need a reason, moral judgements must be supported by good reasons. 4: moral truths are truths of reason; that is, a moral judgment is true if it is.
