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Ethical Emotivism: Moral Statements as Emotional Expressions

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Ethical emotivism posits that moral statements are merely expressions of emotion, akin to exclamations like "boo murder." This theory aligns with non-realist viewpoints, suggesting that moral pronouncements are not objective facts but rather subjective emotional responses projected onto the world. Quasi-realism, a development within emotivism, attempts to introduce consistency and a form of reasoning to these emotional expressions, allowing for logical connections between moral statements without asserting their objective truth. AI

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Ethical Emotivism: Moral Statements as Emotional Expressions

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Bill Jackson ·

    Pulling hedonic utilitarianism out of ethical emotivism

    <p><span>Ethical emotivism is a non-realist moral theory</span><span class="footnote-reference" id="fnrefgk4rkzbof19"><sup><a href="#fngk4rkzbof19">[1]</a></sup></span><span> which says that there is nothing more to moral statements than exclamations of emotion. For instance, say…

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