Transcript AJ Ayer

AJ Ayer’s
emotivism
LO: I will understand Ayer’s emotivism.
Homework: For Tuesday
1. Revise for progress test on meta ethics
2. Compare and contrast Ayer and Moore’s
views of language. (35)
Recap
• What is the naturalist fallacy?
• Why is yellow like good?
• How do we know if something is
good or not?
Emotivism – the boo/hurray
theory
• Influenced by Hume.
• True information is verified by science.
• Facts are observable but moral statements
are emotive expressions.
• Non cognitive.
• Ethical statements cannot be true or false.
• Words like good and bad are ways of
showing emotional approval or
disapproval.
• 2 types: analytic & synthetic
Essay plan
Plan out the introduction, main part
and conclusion for the following
essay:
‘Emotivism is not the correct way to
deal with language’. Discuss. (35)