Prescriptivism

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
meta-ethical theory
gptkbp:contrastsWith subjectivism
emotivism
descriptivism
gptkbp:focusesOn function of ethical statements
meaning of moral language
gptkbp:hasConcept Moral judgments are universalizable
Moral language guides action
Moral statements function as prescriptions or imperatives
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prescriptivism
gptkbp:influenced universal prescriptivism
later developments in meta-ethics
gptkbp:influencedBy analytic philosophy
logical positivism
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Language_of_Morals
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:R._M._Hare
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:normative_ethics
ethics
meta-ethics
gptkbp:yearProposed 1952
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Emotive_Theory_of_Ethics
gptkb:Noncognitivism_in_Ethics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7