How neat is the dichotomy between cognitivists and non-cognitivists? Are there significant philosophical factions holding positions such as
“Murder is wrong” is a statement of belief, but it also expresses an emotion (and morality’s peculiar charm comes from appealing both to a person’s analytical mind and to their instincts)
Some people approach morality as a system of beliefs, others as gut reactions, and this is connected to their personalities in interesting ways
Or perhaps the same person can shift over time from gut reactions to believing in absolute laws to believing that morality is a natural phenomenon, paralleling for example their growth from infant to child to adult
How neat is the dichotomy between cognitivists and non-cognitivists? Are there significant philosophical factions holding positions such as
“Murder is wrong” is a statement of belief, but it also expresses an emotion (and morality’s peculiar charm comes from appealing both to a person’s analytical mind and to their instincts)
Some people approach morality as a system of beliefs, others as gut reactions, and this is connected to their personalities in interesting ways
Or perhaps the same person can shift over time from gut reactions to believing in absolute laws to believing that morality is a natural phenomenon, paralleling for example their growth from infant to child to adult
et cetera?