Are Ethics Just Emotions? - Simon Blackburn

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Simon Blackburn is well-known both as a writer of popular philosophy introductions (like "Think"), and also a significant figure in non-cognitivist meta-ethics, having invented the term “quasi-realism” to describe his moral philosophy.

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Simon Blackburn's "Think":

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0:00 – Cognitivism vs Non-Cognitivism in Ethics
9:40 – Does Ethics Describe or Explain?
18:45 – What is Truth?
28:53 – Emotions vs Attitudes
34:56 – How Can We Define ‘Wrong’?
44:11 – Emotivism’s Biggest Objection: The Frege-Geach Problem
59:48 – Emotivism Outside of Ethics

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