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The authors classify emotivism
{ 1 } - as deontological because emotions resemble the will in that both are noncognitive.
{ 2 } - as deontological because it obviously follows the will of a lawmaker.
{ 3 } - as teleological because it rests on what people know rationally.
{ 4 } - as teleological ethics because it is noncognitive.
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The authors classify emotivism
{ 1 } - as deontological because emotions resemble the will in that both are noncognitive.
{ 2 } - as deontological because it obviously follows the will of a lawmaker.
{ 3 } - as teleological because it rests on what people know rationally.
{ 4 } - as teleological ethics because it is noncognitive.
But emotions relate more directly to the imagination and the will to reason.
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The authors classify emotivism
{ 1 } - as deontological because emotions resemble the will in that both are noncognitive.
{ 2 } - as deontological because it obviously follows the will of a lawmaker.
{ 3 } - as teleological because it rests on what people know rationally.
{ 4 } - as teleological ethics because it is noncognitive.
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The authors classify emotivism
{ 1 } - as deontological because emotions resemble the will in that both are noncognitive.
{ 2 } - as deontological because it obviously follows the will of a lawmaker.
{ 3 } - as teleological because it rests on what people know rationally.
{ 4 } - as teleological ethics because it is noncognitive.
If it were rational thus, it would be teleological, but it rests on feelings rather than reason.
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The authors classify emotivism
{ 1 } - as deontological because emotions resemble the will in that both are noncognitive.
{ 2 } - as deontological because it obviously follows the will of a lawmaker.
{ 3 } - as teleological because it rests on what people know rationally.
{ 4 } - as teleological ethics because it is noncognitive.
That would disqualify it as teleological. See p. 151.
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