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Ayer rejects naturalistic (empirical) definitions of moral terms -- for example, that "good" means "approved by society" -- because
{ 1 } - they turn ethical judgments into empirical statements (which he dislikes).
{ 2 } - they conflict with how we use language (for example, in ordinary speech it's consistent to say "Some things approved by society aren't good").
{ 3 } - the proposed conventions wouldn't be useful to adopt.
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Ayer rejects naturalistic (empirical) definitions of moral terms -- for example, that "good" means "approved by society" -- because
{ 1 } - they turn ethical judgments into empirical statements (which he dislikes).
{ 2 } - they conflict with how we use language (for example, in ordinary speech it's consistent to say "Some things approved by society aren't good").
{ 3 } - the proposed conventions wouldn't be useful to adopt.
Huh? He loves empirical statements.
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Ayer rejects naturalistic (empirical) definitions of moral terms -- for example, that "good" means "approved by society" -- because
{ 1 } - they turn ethical judgments into empirical statements (which he dislikes).
{ 2 } - they conflict with how we use language (for example, in ordinary speech it's consistent to say "Some things approved by society aren't good").
{ 3 } - the proposed conventions wouldn't be useful to adopt.
Ayer accepts Moore's refutation of naturalism.
He adds that naturalistic definitions fail because they try to define an emotive term (like "good") using nonemotive terms (like "approved by society").
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Ayer rejects naturalistic (empirical) definitions of moral terms -- for example, that "good" means "approved by society" -- because
{ 1 } - they turn ethical judgments into empirical statements (which he dislikes).
{ 2 } - they conflict with how we use language (for example, in ordinary speech it's consistent to say "Some things approved by society aren't good").
{ 3 } - the proposed conventions wouldn't be useful to adopt.
He doesn't take any stand on this.
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