Philosophy PHIL-P 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Expressivism, Logical Positivism, Logical Truth

• School: IUPUI
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy PHIL-P 120
• Professor: William Geller

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Any moral claims are not true nor false. Claims about morality are in a separate category about things of which you cannot make claims. There are no legitimate moral claims; two reasons: A. 3. a) there are no moral truths (a. 3. a. 1) statement to have a truth value. Because moral claims are the wrong kind of (a. 3. a. 1. a) to be empirically verifiable or a logical truth. For a statement to have a truth value it has. A. 3. b) there can be no legitimate claims to moral motivation. Yes, you can make moral claims, but they are just expressions of feelings. Moral claims cannot be developed on the basis of reason. Only our passions/feelings can tell us about morality. All meaningful statements are either empirically verifiable, or logical. Motivation is all about desire, and desire is all about self-interest. A. 2. a) it is odd to make the claim there are moral truths and it is odd that we can make claims according to morals.