References

1. Primary Sources

• Ayer, A. J. (1946). Language, Truth and Logic (2nd ed.). London: Penguin Books / Victor Gollancz. (Originally published 1936).
• Guerra Pires, J. (2026). The Anachronistic Misuse of Ayer Against Naturalist Moral Realism.
• Guerra Pires, J. (Host), Benites, M., & Leroy, D. (Guests). O emotivismo é melhor que o realismo moral? [Video / Podcast transcript].
• Guerra Pires, J. (Host), Carrier, R., & Leroy, D. (Guests). Richard Carrier, Daniel Leeroy, Jorge Pires: Can AI Help Us Understand Morality [Video / Podcast transcript].
• Guerra Pires, J. (Host), & Carrier, R. (Guest). The Physics of Morality: Why Being Good is a Logical Necessity (No God Required) [Video / Podcast transcript].

2. Philosophical & Scientific Works Referenced in the Debates

• Carrier, R. (Forthcoming). From Ontology to Morality. (Anthology on secular metaethics and naturalist moral realism).
• Curry, O. S. (2019). Morality as Cooperation. (Anthropological cross-cultural study of 60 societies).
• Foot, P. (2001). Natural Goodness. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• Moore, G. E. (1903). Principia Ethica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Railton, P. (1986). Moral Realism. Philosophical Review, 95(2), 163–207.

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