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emotivismIn metaethics (see ethics), the view that moral judgments do not function as statements of fact but rather as expressions of the speaker's or writer's feelings. According to the emotivist, when we say “You acted wrongly in stealing that money,” we are not expressing any fact beyond that stated by “You stole that money.” It is, however, as if we had stated this fact with a special tone of abhorrence, for in saying that something is wrong, we are expressing our feelings of disapproval toward it. Emotivism was expounded by A. J. Ayer in Language, Truth and Logic (1936) and developed by Charles Stevenson in Ethics and Language (1945). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They suggest that the mark of cognitivist theory is the assumption that mental states serve a representational function, rather than emotivist theory that assumes mental states serve primarily nonrepresentational functions (1993, p. 20) While this might sound suspiciously like a "pooling of ignorances" approach to education that could easily devolve into the unaccountable and emotivist melee that MacIntyre and Hauerwas reject, perhaps it is time to refigure such conversations as enacting a generative risk for the nonviolent introduction of newness into the activity of education. 571) These courts' stress on therapy makes an accused's emotivist expression--revealing the most intimate details of his family background, sexual relations, and emotional life--central to his rehabilitation. |
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