CAS PH 242 Lecture Notes - Divine Command Theory, Subjectivism, Emotivism

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The belief that there are no moral facts only moral opinions. If i say, harming the environment is morally wrong, all i am truly saying is i disapprove of harming the environment . Murder is evil = i disapprove of murder . Morals are nothing but a personal preference. Hamlet: there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so . David hume: there are no moral facts . List every single fact you know about a particular crime the evil or moral wrongness of the act will not be one of them. Take any action allow"d be vicious: willful murder, for instance. Examine in all lights and see if you find that matter of fact or real existence, which you call vice. In whichever way you take it, you find only certain passions, motives, volitions and thoughts. There is no other matter of fact in the case .

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