Posted by special_k on March 18, 2006, at 22:27:00
In reply to am i allowed to say..., posted by agent858 on March 18, 2006, at 20:37:11
> or would i be better to say that when people torture small children for fun then i feel sad in response?
because the trouble is... that's just not right. i mean... not only because i'm having a little trouble naming the relevant emotion here...
but also because I REFUSE TO BE AN EMOTIVIST ABOUT ETHICS dammit.
see... emotivists think moral talk (talk of right / wrong; good / bad; should / shouldn't etc etc) is really just a way of expressing ones feelings of approval / disapproval. well that is an interesting theory but i do not believe it is true...
well... maybe on some theories of emotion but i don't think on mine :-P
so there.
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