The Is/Ought Gap and the Naturalistic Fallacy

Emotivism:

  • This is the idea that ethical claims serve to express our emotional responses to some action. “That is wrong” simply means “I feel bad about that” or “I reject that.” This may sometimes be true, but that does means the ethical claims have no content (make no assertions about the world).



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