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Ideas for 'The Really Hard Problem', 'Emotivism' and 'Introduction to 'Absolute Generality''

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

2848	Two people might agree in their emotional moral attitude while disagreeing in their judgement [Brink]

2851	Emotivists find it hard to analyse assertions of moral principles, rather than actual judgements [Brink]

2853	Emotivists claim to explain moral motivation by basing morality on non-cognitive attitudes [Brink]

2852	Emotivists tend to favour a redundancy theory of truth, making moral judgement meaningless [Brink]

2849	Emotivism implies relativism about moral meanings, but critics say disagreements are about moral reference [Brink]

2850	How can emotivists explain someone who recognises morality but is indifferent to it? [Brink]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

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Morality is normative because it identifies best practices among the normal practices [Flanagan]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

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For Darwinians, altruism is either contracts or genetics [Flanagan]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

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We need Eudaimonics - the empirical study of how we should flourish [Flanagan]