Emotivism

The verification principle states:

A statement can have meaning only if it is an analytic statement or a synthetic statement

In C.L. Stevenson's version of emotivism, moral statements

Are expected to influence the behavior of others

According to logical positivism

Both analytic and synthetic statements can be true or false

According to the verification principle, a statement is meaningful only if it is:

Either analytic or synthetic

According to Ayer, Stephenson, and Hare:

Genocide, murder, and theft are not morally wrong

Because the verfication principle is meaningless

If provides no reason for anyone to believe in it

According to Ayer's, Stephenson's, and Hare's versions of emotivism:

Moral statements are neither true nor false

Emotivism argues that individuals argue about morality because:

Morality is merely an expression of feeling, and different people have different feelings.

According to C.L. Stevenson's emotivism, which of the following statements is expected to influence the behavior of others?

Murder is wrong

According to C.L. Stevenson's emotivism, which of the following statements is meaningful?

Neither "murder is wrong" nor "I dislike tomato ketchup"

According to C.L. Stevenson's emotivism, which of the following statements is either true or false?

Neither "murder is wrong" not "I dislike tomato ketchup"

The verification principle, which states that "A statement is meaningful only if it is either analytic or synthetic," is itself:

Neither analytic nor synthetic

C.L. Stevenson tried to improve emotivism by arguing that:

Some feelings are more important than others

An analytic statement is true or false based on

The definitions of its terms

According to logical positivism, because the statement "charity is good" is neither analytic nor synthetic:

The statement "charity is good" is meaningless

Emotivism is based on:

The verification principle

In C.L. Stevenson's version of emotivism, when someone makes a moral statement

They expect others to agree with them and to act accordingly

According to R.M. Hare's version of emotivism, when someone expresses a moral statement:

They intend their statement to be merely locally binding on themselves alone

A synthetic statement is true or false based on

empirical evidence

Emotivism argues that morality can be explained in natural terms. In other words, moral statements are synthetic statements.

false

Emotivism is part of what larger philosophical movement?

logical positivism

According to the verification principle, the verification principle itself is:

meaningless

According to noncognitivism

moral statements are expressions of belief

According to Ayer's, Stephenson's, and Hare's versions of emotivism:

moral statements are meaningless

According to noncognitivism:

moral statements are meaningless

According to noncognitivism:

moral statements are neither true nor false

According to logical positivism, the statement "stealing is wrong" is

neither analytic nor synthetic

What type of metaethical theory is emotivism?

noncognitive

Emotivism argues that different cultures have different moral beliefs because:

people in different cultures and historical periods develop their own unique attitudes about life

Emotivism is also known as;

the boo-horay

What do emotivists claim about the expressions "murder is wrong" and "I dislike tomato ketchup"?

they are both equally meaningless and neither true or false

According to emotivism, when someone says that charity is good:

they mean only that they personally approve of charity

According to emotivism, when someone says that stealing is wrong:

they mean only that they personally disapprove of stealing