Question
Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue claims that although this framework is an incorrect theory of meaning, it does correctly describe how moral statements are used in modern culture. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this framework developed by philosophers like A. J. Ayer and C. I. Stevenson, the latter of whom argued that moral statements are “magnetic.”
ANSWER: emotivism [prompt on expressivism; prompt on non-cognitivism]
[10e] After Virtue compares the modern separation of moral and practical reasoning to these concepts. It also compares Nietzsche’s anti-emotivist ethics to the abolition of these prohibitions on certain acts in Polynesian cultures.
ANSWER: taboos [or tapu; or tabu; or kapu]
[10m] MacIntyre traced his emphasis on practical ethics to this essay’s concept of “revolutionary practice.” This essay, which MacIntyre described as “A Road not Taken,” claims that “the philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.”
ANSWER: “Theses on Feuerbach” [or “ad Feuerbach”; accept “The Theses on Feuerbach: A Road not Taken”]
<FW, Philosophy (19th/20th Century)>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Goldman & Jackson | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Fable of the Miis | The Chard Problem of Consciousness | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Three Cantabrigians | Yesodei HaTorah 2:7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |