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emotivism
{ 1 } - What is good in itself, abstracting from further consequences
{ 2 } - "X is good" is an emotional exclamation (not a truth claim), and means "Hurrah for X!"
{ 3 } - Statement that is testable by sense experience (and thus can in principle be shown by sense experience to be true or at least highly probable)
{ 4 } - Moral judgments, while they express emotions and not truth claims, are rational to the extent that they are informed and impartial
{ 5 } - Linguistic form, like "Shut the door," that tells what to do instead of making a truth claim
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emotivism
{ 1 } - What is good in itself, abstracting from further consequences
{ 2 } - "X is good" is an emotional exclamation (not a truth claim), and means "Hurrah for X!"
{ 3 } - Statement that is testable by sense experience (and thus can in principle be shown by sense experience to be true or at least highly probable)
{ 4 } - Moral judgments, while they express emotions and not truth claims, are rational to the extent that they are informed and impartial
{ 5 } - Linguistic form, like "Shut the door," that tells what to do instead of making a truth claim
intrinsically good <=> What is good in itself, abstracting from further consequences
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2 is correct!
emotivism
{ 1 } - What is good in itself, abstracting from further consequences
{ 2 } - "X is good" is an emotional exclamation (not a truth claim), and means "Hurrah for X!"
{ 3 } - Statement that is testable by sense experience (and thus can in principle be shown by sense experience to be true or at least highly probable)
{ 4 } - Moral judgments, while they express emotions and not truth claims, are rational to the extent that they are informed and impartial
{ 5 } - Linguistic form, like "Shut the door," that tells what to do instead of making a truth claim
emotivism <=> "X is good" is an emotional exclamation (not a truth claim), and means "Hurrah for X!"
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emotivism
{ 1 } - What is good in itself, abstracting from further consequences
{ 2 } - "X is good" is an emotional exclamation (not a truth claim), and means "Hurrah for X!"
{ 3 } - Statement that is testable by sense experience (and thus can in principle be shown by sense experience to be true or at least highly probable)
{ 4 } - Moral judgments, while they express emotions and not truth claims, are rational to the extent that they are informed and impartial
{ 5 } - Linguistic form, like "Shut the door," that tells what to do instead of making a truth claim
empirical statement <=> Statement that is testable by sense experience (and thus can in principle be shown by sense experience to be true or at least highly probable)
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emotivism
{ 1 } - What is good in itself, abstracting from further consequences
{ 2 } - "X is good" is an emotional exclamation (not a truth claim), and means "Hurrah for X!"
{ 3 } - Statement that is testable by sense experience (and thus can in principle be shown by sense experience to be true or at least highly probable)
{ 4 } - Moral judgments, while they express emotions and not truth claims, are rational to the extent that they are informed and impartial
{ 5 } - Linguistic form, like "Shut the door," that tells what to do instead of making a truth claim
moderate emotivism <=> Moral judgments, while they express emotions and not truth claims, are rational to the extent that they are informed and impartial
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emotivism
{ 1 } - What is good in itself, abstracting from further consequences
{ 2 } - "X is good" is an emotional exclamation (not a truth claim), and means "Hurrah for X!"
{ 3 } - Statement that is testable by sense experience (and thus can in principle be shown by sense experience to be true or at least highly probable)
{ 4 } - Moral judgments, while they express emotions and not truth claims, are rational to the extent that they are informed and impartial
{ 5 } - Linguistic form, like "Shut the door," that tells what to do instead of making a truth claim
prescription (imperative) <=> Linguistic form, like "Shut the door," that tells what to do instead of making a truth claim
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