[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.14,0:00:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(harp music) Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.11,0:00:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hello, and welcome to Philosophy Vibe, Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.07,0:00:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the channel where we discuss and debate Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.56,0:00:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different philosophical ideas. Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.45,0:00:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today were gonna be\Ncarrying on with meta-ethics Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.67,0:00:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking at a very interesting topic Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.49,0:00:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as emotivism. Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.92,0:00:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, emotivism is a\Nnon-cognitive approach to ethics. Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.21,0:00:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John, would you like to explain\Nwhat non-cognitivism is? Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.14,0:00:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- So non-cognitivism is\Nthe branch of metaethics, Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.70,0:00:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which argues that there is no truth Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or falsity to moral language. Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.17,0:00:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All moral statements are\Nnot statements of fact. Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not subject to cognition, Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.29,0:00:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore morality cannot be known. Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.60,0:00:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Correct. Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.81,0:00:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now emotivism is a\Nbranch of non-cognitivism Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.90,0:00:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developed by the philosopher A.J. Ayer. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.89,0:00:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayer argued that because moral\Nstatements are not truth apt, Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.06,0:00:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all moral statements\Nare just an expression Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.27,0:00:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a person's belief. Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.93,0:00:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moral statements are not\Nthemselves true in any way. Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.16,0:00:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moral statements are,\Nin fact, meaningless. Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.90,0:01:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All a moral statement\Nis, is a person's feeling Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.50,0:01:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or emotion towards a certain situation. Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.37,0:01:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if someone says, "Stealing is wrong," Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.53,0:01:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all they're, in fact, saying is, Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.82,0:01:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I believe stealing is wrong." Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.18,0:01:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, "stealing is\Nwrong," as a statement Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.92,0:01:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is neither true or false. Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.76,0:01:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a meaningless statement. Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.99,0:01:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emotivism has also come to be known Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.99,0:01:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the Boo-Hurrah theory. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.95,0:01:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As moral statements are just\Nan expression of feelings, Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.58,0:01:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying "Stealing is wrong"\Nis just, in fact, saying, Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.39,0:01:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Boo, stealing." Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.87,0:01:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or if I say, "Giving to charity is good," Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.97,0:01:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the equivalent of me\Nsaying, "Hurrah, charity." Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.96,0:01:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Wow, that's quite a\Nradical approach to ethics. Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.14,0:01:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Agreed but there are\Nsome interesting points Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.08,0:01:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about. Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.29,0:01:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.J. Ayer was part of a\Nwider philosophical thought Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.11,0:01:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as logical positivism. Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.53,0:01:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Logical positivists\Nbelieve that a statement Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.95,0:01:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is only truth apt if it is\Neither an analytic statement Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.22,0:01:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a synthetic statement. Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.15,0:01:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is known as the\Nverification principle. Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.15,0:01:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An analytic statement is one that is true Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.47,0:02:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the meaning alone. Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.05,0:02:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like me saying, "A bachelor\Nis an unmarried man." Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.92,0:02:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true by definition. Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.16,0:02:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A synthetic statement\Nneeds empirical evidence Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.04,0:02:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be proven right or wrong, Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.89,0:02:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that can be\Ntested by the five senses. Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.91,0:02:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I say, "There is a tree\Nat the bottom of the road," Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.56,0:02:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can go and empirically verify Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.67,0:02:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that statement is true or false. Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.64,0:02:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes, I see.\N- Now Ayer argues that Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.91,0:02:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moral statements are not analytic, Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.83,0:02:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nor are they synthetic. Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.05,0:02:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot prove moral\Nstatements right or wrong Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.43,0:02:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using empirical evidence. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.69,0:02:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone may say, "Stealing is wrong," Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.32,0:02:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how can we empirically test that? Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.58,0:02:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure, we might be showing\Nthe effects of stealing Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.63,0:02:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the victims and the\Nemotional damage it causes, Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.35,0:02:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is not empirical\Nproof that stealing is wrong. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.35,0:02:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might be proof that stealing\Ncauses emotional damage Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.90,0:02:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not that it's wrong.\N- Yes, I see. Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.97,0:02:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- So then "stealing is\Nwrong" becomes neither Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.27,0:02:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a true statement or a false\Nstatement but a meaningless one Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.65,0:02:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just the expression of feeling Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.30,0:02:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the individual saying it.\N- I still don't feel Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.76,0:03:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly satisfied in thinking\Nall morality is just feelings, Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.16,0:03:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is no truth to any of it. Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.96,0:03:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Well, let's look at the\Nstrengths of emotivism. Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.30,0:03:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firstly, it doesn't suffer any problems Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.25,0:03:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Moore's open question argument. Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.36,0:03:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember this?\N- Yes, this was the argument Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.07,0:03:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that any attempt to\Nreduce moral statements Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.10,0:03:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to natural statements is a mistake, Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.37,0:03:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and morality cannot be defined Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.08,0:03:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in natural terms.\N- Correct. Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.33,0:03:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, as we see emotivism does not try Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.33,0:03:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say moral statements\Nare analytically equivalent Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.80,0:03:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to natural statements. Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.16,0:03:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they are just a person's feeling, Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.72,0:03:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no truth or falsity attached. Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.93,0:03:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- But Moore argued from a\Ncognitive position of ethics. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.84,0:03:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He claimed moral statements\Ncould still be known Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.28,0:03:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through our moral intuition.\N- Yes, but according to Ayer, Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.59,0:03:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a moral intuition does not meet\Nthe verification principle, Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.16,0:03:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we have no basis to believe in it. Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.46,0:03:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Right, I see.\N- Also emotivism better Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.36,0:03:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explains why we have moral disagreements Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.61,0:03:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can never be resolved. Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.57,0:03:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can two people both\Nbelieve they are morally right, Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.14,0:03:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet never agree on what that is? Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.54,0:03:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is because morally\Nright does not exist. Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.75,0:04:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is just two different beliefs\Nfrom two different people. Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.29,0:04:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emotivism also explains\Nhow different cultures Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.09,0:04:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and different time periods Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.97,0:04:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can have different attitudes to morality. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.68,0:04:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once upon a time, infanticide\Nwas commonplace in Sparta, Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.51,0:04:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where sick or deformed\Nbabies were cast out to die. Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.61,0:04:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, something like\Nthis would never happen. Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.09,0:04:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arranged marriages are\Ncommonplace in some cultures Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.23,0:04:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but seem oppressive and wrong in others. Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.37,0:04:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I understand, but doesn't emotivism Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.53,0:04:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just oversimplify morality Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.30,0:04:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reduce moral statements\Nto something trivial? Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.30,0:04:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know moral statements are important Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.18,0:04:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in shaping one's world and one's culture. Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.87,0:04:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they are nothing more than\Nan expression of feeling, Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.52,0:04:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then saying, "Murder is wrong" Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.31,0:04:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holds the same value as saying\N"I dislike tomato ketchup." Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.24,0:04:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know moral statements are Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.90,0:04:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much more important than that. Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.92,0:04:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Good point. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.96,0:04:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, I would like to raise\NC.L. Stevenson's emotivism. Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.64,0:04:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stevenson agreed that\Nmoral statements hold Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.99,0:04:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot more value than what\Nemotivism initially makes out. Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.85,0:05:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stevenson argued that\Nmoral statements were, Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.39,0:05:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, deeply held beliefs. Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.53,0:05:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So not just an expression of emotion Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.32,0:05:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a more important feeling. Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.47,0:05:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is because of this that when people Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.13,0:05:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make moral statements, we're\Nexpecting others to agree, Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.60,0:05:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to adopt our deeply held beliefs Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.58,0:05:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and act how we expect humanity to act. Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.03,0:05:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moral statements are meant to influence Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.88,0:05:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the behavior of others, Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.17,0:05:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is why morality is so important. Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.86,0:05:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I see.\N- R.M. Hare also developed Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.14,0:05:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his prescriptivism theory as a branch Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.66,0:05:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off of non-cognitivism but\Nvery much mirroring emotivism. Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.85,0:05:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hare argued that when one\Nmakes a moral statement, Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.33,0:05:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not just expressing their belief, Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.27,0:05:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are prescribing or recommending Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.31,0:05:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a course of action, a\Nway one should behave. Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.75,0:05:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So unlike emotivism,\Nmoral statements are not Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.25,0:05:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just describing one's belief. Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.93,0:05:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are also prescribing\Nthe universal way Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.85,0:05:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a certain person wants you to act. Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.99,0:05:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when someone says, "Murder is wrong," Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.90,0:05:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they're really saying\Nis, "I do not like murder, Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.44,0:06:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and I think no one should ever murder." Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.41,0:06:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Okay, emotivism in general\Nhas some good points. Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.11,0:06:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, Ayer, Stevenson, and\NHare still ultimately believe Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.49,0:06:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that moral statements are not\Nsubject to truth or falsity. Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.23,0:06:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we follow this line of thought, Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.85,0:06:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we still actually have no reason\Nto ever act in a moral way Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.65,0:06:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as there is no morally right\Nor morally wrong behavior. Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.97,0:06:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genocide, murder, theft, Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.52,0:06:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these are not\Ntechnically morally wrong. Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.30,0:06:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human beings, then, have\Nno true code to live by, Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.13,0:06:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no true code to their behavior. Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.64,0:06:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes, I see.\N- However, the biggest problem Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.44,0:06:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with emotivism is the\Nverification principle itself. Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.10,0:06:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What do you mean?\N- Well, think about it. Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.53,0:06:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The verification principle states Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.55,0:06:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a statement can only be\Ntruth apt or only have meaning Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.82,0:06:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's an analytic statement\Nor a synthetic statement, Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.80,0:06:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i.e., empirically verifiable.\N- Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.67,0:06:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Well then, the statement itself, Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.73,0:06:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A statement can only have meaning if it's Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.77,0:06:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"an analytic statement\Nor a synthetic statement" Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.51,0:06:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not an analytic or synthetic statement. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.35,0:07:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Oh, I see.\N- The statement then becomes Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.38,0:07:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaningless and the\Nverification principle fails Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.94,0:07:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at its own criteria. Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.64,0:07:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If emotivism is built on that principle Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.81,0:07:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the principle fails against itself, Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.81,0:07:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then how can we follow the\Nemotivist line of thought? Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.73,0:07:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes, I understand.\N- The verification principle Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.61,0:07:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then becomes a meaningless statement, Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.68,0:07:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reason why I\Nthink emotivism fails. Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.60,0:07:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Well, that's a good point, Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.60,0:07:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's all the time we have for now. Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.05,0:07:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for watching. Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.03,0:07:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hope you enjoy the vibe. Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.50,0:07:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's everyone else's\Nthoughts on emotivism? Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.66,0:07:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think that morality\Nis just an expression Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.56,0:07:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of emotion or is there\Nsomething more to it? Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.01,0:07:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leave your comments below. Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.39,0:07:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.27,0:07:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help grow this channel. 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