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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism

5205	Moral intuition is worthless if there is no criterion to decide between intuitions [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

4366	We can't accept Aristotle's naturalism about persons, because it is normative and unscientific [Williams,B, by Hursthouse]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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Ayer defends the emotivist version of expressivism [Ayer, by Smith,M]

5206	To say an act is wrong makes no further statement about it, but merely expresses disapproval [Ayer]