Join George and John as they discuss and debate different Philosophical ideas. Today they are continuing with the Metaethics debate and looking into A.J Ayer's Emotivism. Ayer's Emotivism is a branch off Non Cognitivism - the idea that moral language is not truth apt, and morality cannot every be known, Ayer argues that moral language is nothing more than an expression of emotion. So right and wrong, good and evil does not exist objectively, but just an expression of feeling from the person saying it.

Watch as our favourite Philosophers discuss this ethical theory. They will also touch upon C.L Stevenson's Emotivism and R.M Hare's Prescriptivism

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0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - What is Emotivism
1:45 - The Verification Principle
3:03 - The Strenghts of Emotivism
4:40 - C.L Stevenson's Emotivism
5:26 - RM Hare's Prescriptivism
6:00 - The Problems with Emotivism