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Full Idea
It is not clear how the emotivist can accommodate the amoralist - one who recognises moral requirements but is indifferent to them.
Gist of Idea
How can emotivists explain someone who recognises morality but is indifferent to it?
Source
David O. Brink (Emotivism [1995], p.224)
Book Ref
'Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy', ed/tr. Audi,Robert [CUP 1995], p.224
A Reaction
Nietzsche recognised current morals, but was indifferent to them. It is hard to imagine, though, an amoralist who lacked all the feelings which imply morality.