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    This document discusses how feelings can influence moral decision-making both positively and negatively. It examines two feeling-based ethical theories: ethical subjectivism and emotivism. Ethical subjectivism holds that morality is dependent on individual or group feelings, while emotivism views moral judgments as expressions of emotion rather than statements of fact. However, the document also argues that feelings should not be entirely removed from ethics considerations. When guided by reason, feelings can sometimes help in determining right and wrong decisions by reflecting concepts like love. Both logic and emotion have roles to play in moral reasoning.

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    Feelings

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    This document discusses how feelings can influence moral decision-making both positively and negatively. It examines two feeling-based ethical theories: ethical subjectivism and emotivism. Ethical subjectivism holds that morality is dependent on individual or group feelings, while emotivism views moral judgments as expressions of emotion rather than statements of fact. However, the document also argues that feelings should not be entirely removed from ethics considerations. When guided by reason, feelings can sometimes help in determining right and wrong decisions by reflecting concepts like love. Both logic and emotion have roles to play in moral reasoning.

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    5. FEELINGS

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    This document discusses how feelings can influence moral decision-making both positively and negatively. It examines two feeling-based ethical theories: ethical subjectivism and emotivism. Ethical subjectivism holds that morality is dependent on individual or group feelings, while emotivism views moral judgments as expressions of emotion rather than statements of fact. However, the document also argues that feelings should not be entirely removed from ethics considerations. When guided by reason, feelings can sometimes help in determining right and wrong decisions by reflecting concepts like love. Both logic and emotion have roles to play in moral reasoning.

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    Feelings

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    This document discusses how feelings can influence moral decision-making both positively and negatively. It examines two feeling-based ethical theories: ethical subjectivism and emotivism. Ethical subjectivism holds that morality is dependent on individual or group feelings, while emotivism views moral judgments as expressions of emotion rather than statements of fact. However, the document also argues that feelings should not be entirely removed from ethics considerations. When guided by reason, feelings can sometimes help in determining right and wrong decisions by reflecting concepts like love. Both logic and emotion have roles to play in moral reasoning.

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    FEELINGS

    …
    NOTHING MORE BUT FEELINGS…
    AND MORAL DECISIONS
    LEARNING
    OUTCOMES
    At the end of this Module, you should be able to:

    • Compare responses based on reason and those based on


    feelings
    • Identify and analyze your feelings in personal moral
    experiences
    • Compare reasonable and emotional responses
    In this lesson, we will tackle how feelings
    as instinctive responses to moral dilemmas
    can serve as obstacles to making right
    decisions.

    We will likewise tackle how feelings and


    emotions as trained responses to situations
    may help/aid in taking ethical decisions.
    Feeling is…

    • “To feel is to be involved in something” in a person,


    concept, myself, process, problem, another feeling.
    • Feelings can be in the foreground or background.
    • Feelings are instinctive response to moral
    dilemmas.
    • Feeling is a blind faculty of the will that should be
    guided by right reason
    Feelings as Obstacles
    There are TWO Feeling-Based Theories
    in Ethics:

    1. ETHICAL SUBJECTIVISM
    2. EMOTIVISM
    Ethical Subjectivism
    • Ethical Subjectivism runs CONTRARY to the principle that there is objectivity
    in morality.
    • It grasps that moral judgments holds that the truth or falsity of ethical
    propositions is DEPENDENT on the feelings, attitudes or standards of a person
    or group of persons.
    • It interprets ethical sentences as statement of fact, particularly reports the
    speaker’s attitude.
    Ethical Subjectivism
    • When someone states his/her view, he/she is not just stating a fact about the
    matter but merely saying something about his/her feelings toward it.
    • Subjectivists hold that there is no such thing as objective right or real wrong.
    • When something is morally good (and vice-versa), this just means that WE
    APPROVE OF THAT THING.
    • Emotivism is an improved version of subjectivism

    Emotivism • Developed by the American philosopher Charles L.


    Stevenson.
    • The theory states that moral judgments express positive
    and negative feelings.
    • Moral judgments are not statement of fact but are mere
    expressions of the emotions of the speaker, especially
    since they are feeling-based.
    Emotivism
    • Emotivism claims that utterances in Ethics (such as “Boo on the price of
    gasoline!”, “Hooray for SOGIE!”) are NOT fact-stating sentences, but
    have TWO PURPOSES:
    • 1. they are used as means of influencing other’s behavior (e.g. “Stealing
    is immoral”) – it is an attempt to stop you from doing the act.
    Emotivism
    • 2. Moral sentences are used to EXPRESS (not report) the speaker’s
    attitude.
    • Example: “Fair play is good” is NOT saying that I approve of fair play.
    Evaluating Ethical
    Subjectivism and
    Emotivism
    TO DO: Reflect on what are the strengths
    and weaknesses of Ethical Subjectivism and
    Emotivism
    Conclusion: Feelings can Help
    in Making the Right Decisions
    • Ethical subjectivism and Emotivism should not be interpreted as completely
    removing people’s feelings, tastes, emotion, liking, and the like in the sphere
    of morality.
    • Ethics without feeling goes against Christian philosophy’s emphasis on
    LOVE (strong liking or desire).
    Conclusion: Feelings can Help
    in Making the Right Decisions
    • Our moral compasses are also strongly influenced by the fleeting
    forces of disgust, fondness or fear.
    • So sometimes, subjective feelings matter when deciding right and
    wrong.
    REGION'S PREMIER UNIVERSITY
    PCHOICE
    A N G A S I N A N S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y

    Thank you!
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