The Emotive Theory of Ethics
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Ethics
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Emotivism
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| gptkbp:contrastsWith |
gptkb:Naturalism
gptkb:Cognitivism gptkb:Intuitionism Moral realism |
| gptkbp:criticizedFor |
gptkb:Philippa_Foot
gptkb:R.M._Hare Inability to account for moral reasoning Potential for moral subjectivism |
| gptkbp:developedBy |
20th century
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| gptkbp:focusesOn |
Emotional expression in moral language
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| gptkbp:hasConcept |
Moral statements express emotional attitudes rather than factual claims
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Emotive Theory of Ethics
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Non-cognitivism
gptkb:Prescriptivism |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:David_Hume
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| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:A.J._Ayer
gptkb:Charles_Stevenson |
| gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:Language,_Truth_and_Logic
gptkb:Ethics_and_Language |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Logical_positivism
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| gptkbp:requires |
Moral language is not truth-apt
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:J.O._Urmson
gptkb:J._O._Urmson |
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