Emotivism - moral terms express personal emotional attitudes and not propositions

Question 1

What does emotivism claim an ethical statement only professes?

Answer 1

Only professes a feeling on the part of the speaker and nothing more.

Question 2

What does ‘stealing is wrong’ express?

Answer 2

• only expresses my feelings about stealing

- it doesn’t make any truth claim about stealing

Question 3

What would happen if I felt different about stealing now?

Answer 3

Then my claim about it would be different. If it was a factual claim then it would remain the same whether I liked it or not.