In this and the following chapter we consider whether Hare's prescriptivism is an improved non-cognitivism that renders emotivism obsolete. In this chapter we consider objections raised against emotivism by Hare as these occur in his contribution to a symposium on "Freedom of the Will".¹ Although emotivism is not Hare's central topic there, this paper nevertheless stands as Hare's most serious and sustained attack on Stevenson's views, and it will be subjected to close examination. Chapter Eight will then address the broader question whether prescriptivism supersedes emotivism, and the focus there will be much wider.