A Critique of Ayer's Emotivism

What the reality of moral propositions is and whether moral precepts are real or arbitrary premises are among the fundamental issues in philosophy of ethics. So far, different perspectives have been presented on the analysis of moral propositions. Emotivism is one of the well-known non-cognitive views. The purpose of this descriptive-analytical study is to prove the ineffectiveness of emotivism proposed by Ayer, who is one of the first theorists of this school. Rejecting moral teachings, regarding the revealed teachings of prophets as futile, denying rational reasoning and arguments, emphasizing on relativism and regarding moral judgments as unjustifiable are among the criticisms leveled at this theory which holds that moral concepts and precepts are meaningless and subjective and that moral propositions have a purely emotional function and cannot be conveyed to the audience.