Ethics 05 - Emotivism

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Ima Emotivist rejects naturalistic (empirical) definitions of "good" -- for example, that "good" means "socially approved" -- because

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Ima Emotivist rejects naturalistic (empirical) definitions of "good" -- for example, that "good" means "socially approved" -- because

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Huh? She loves empirical statements.

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Ima Emotivist rejects naturalistic (empirical) definitions of "good" -- for example, that "good" means "socially approved" -- because

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Ima accepts Moore's refutation of naturalism. She says that it's consistent to say that some socially approved things aren't good; so "good" and "socially approved" don't have the same meaning.

She adds that naturalistic definitions fail because they try to define an emotive term (like "good") using purely descriptive terms (like "socially approved").

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Ima Emotivist rejects naturalistic (empirical) definitions of "good" -- for example, that "good" means "socially approved" -- because

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She doesn't take any stand on this.

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