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Michael Lacewing enquiriesalevelphilosophycouk Cognitivism vs noncognitivism What are we doing when we make moral judgments Cognitivism moral judgments eg Murder is wrong. Mathematical prescriptivism at Math Corps. Stephen Chrisomalis. Dept. of Anthropology, Wayne State University. chrisomalis@wayne.edu. Humanities Center Brownbag Series. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Mrs. Davis: Why does this make sense, . “You cannot derive an ought from an is.”. If, in . metaethics. we cannot say what ought to be done, then what is the point of it?. Emotivism is a good . description . of what expressions of morality are…Boo/Hurrah.. Prescriptivism Theories of what morality is fall into two broad families – cognitivism and non - cognitivism. The distinction is now understood by philosophers to depend on whether one think enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Cognitivism. . vs. . non-cognitivism. What are we doing when we. make moral judgments?. Cognitivism: moral judgments, e.g. ‘Murder is wrong’. Aim to describe how the world is. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. (c) Michael Lacewing. N. on. -. cognitivism and anti-realism. What are we doing when we. make moral judgments?. Non. -cognitivism: moral judgments. Do not aim to describe the world. So what do moral statements do?. Ayer (. Emotivism). :. Moral judgements express positive or negative emotions. “X is good” = “X hurrah!”. “X is bad” = “X boo!”. Abortion boo!. Abortion hurrah!. . . . Non-. cognivistism. . Prescriptivism . Evaluate Prescriptivism as non-cognitive use of ethical language . Starting Point: Prescriptivism. Like . Emotivists. , . Prescriptivists. believe:.