The ethical theory of emotivism~ how does emotion influence our moral decishions

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Are morals based on emotion? For moral statements to be pure emotion is an emotive view of ethics. Emotivists believe that moral decisions or statement should be made based on emotion. A philosopher who believed very strongly in the emotivist theory was G.E Moore. Moore states that when people use the term 'right' or 'wrong' they are stating there feelings towards the action issued. However since different persons have different feelings. The conclusion of …

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…would be that peoples views and moral decisions would change, based on what they felt that day. And emotions can change a lot over a short periods of time. So that would imply that morals would have to change and most peoples don't. They have a set of basic morals which they keep to. So I don't feel that moral decisions are based on emotion or have hidden emotion because the facts tell me differently.