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Emotivism

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(idea) by _Law_ (1.2 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Jul 27 2002 at 6:35:31

The doctrine, associated with logical positivism, that value judgments in general, and ethical judgments in particular, express emotions rather than representing facts.

See also Empiricismand Ethics


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Everything is sacred booyah C. L. Stevenson Logical Positivism
Communitarianism Alasdair MacIntyre's Disquieting Suggestion Philippa Foot Ethics
Intuitionism A superfluous debate ethical subjectivism expressivism
A.J. Ayer Philosophy and Hedonism prescriptivism empiricism
meta-ethics Alasdair MacIntyre's Reconstructive Project: Practice, Narrative and Tradition The Great Soprendo Perspectives in Psychology
Frankfurt School Herbert Marcuse emotion Ethical
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