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Traditional ethical subjectivism claims
{ 1 } - that ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 2 } - that ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
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Traditional ethical subjectivism claims
{ 1 } - that ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 2 } - that ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Suppose that you say "X is good." Subjectivism holds that this means "I like X" -- and so if you do like X then your judgment would be true.
Emotivism avoids this implausible consequence.
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2 is wrong. Please try again.
Traditional ethical subjectivism claims
{ 1 } - that ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 2 } - that ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
This is closer to intuitionism than to subjectivism.
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Traditional ethical subjectivism claims
{ 1 } - that ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 2 } - that ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Just one of these is correct.
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Traditional ethical subjectivism claims
{ 1 } - that ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 2 } - that ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
One of these is correct.
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