Weber's alleged emotivism

This paper seeks to refute Alasdair MacIntyre's contention that the sociolo gy of Max Weber is emotivist. MacIntyre understands emotivism to involve th e collapse of all moral judgment into statements of personal preference. It is shown that Weber's sociology analyses this condition and seeks to repud iate it. In no way does Weber embrace emotivism. MacIntyre misses Weber's r epudiation because he misreads Weber's sociological project. The paper show s that MacIntyre's reading of Weber can be refuted if attention is paid to the 'Politics as a Vocation' lecture.