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Traditional ethical subjectivism (which Ayer rejects) claims that
{ 1 } - ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 2 } - ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
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Traditional ethical subjectivism (which Ayer rejects) claims that
{ 1 } - ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 2 } - ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
This idea is closer to intuitionism than to subjectivism -- since it accepts objective moral truths.
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Traditional ethical subjectivism (which Ayer rejects) claims that
{ 1 } - ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 2 } - ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
On this subjectivist view, if you like something (e.g. killing or torture) then that would make it good. Emotivism avoids this implausible consequence.
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Traditional ethical subjectivism (which Ayer rejects) claims that
{ 1 } - ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 2 } - ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Subjectivism would make just one of these claims.
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Traditional ethical subjectivism (which Ayer rejects) claims that
{ 1 } - ethical judgments can express objective truths that are known to us through our subjective feelings.
{ 2 } - ethical judgments are true if they correspond to the feelings of the speaker.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Subjectivism would make one of these claims.
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