they opened the way for what are in essence claims of emotivism to be a way of subverting traditional moral stands: “Your objection to homosexual behavior is simply an irrational, emotional stand based on social conditioning.” In the hands of the New Left, this takes on a moral stridency: “And your irrational, emotional stand based on social conditioning reflects the politically repressive interests of bourgeois society.” The concept now dubbed emotivism allows one to explain and dismiss the moral claims of anyone with whom one happens to disagree. Emotivism for thee, but not for me.
