10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMOTIVISM»
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emotivism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
emotivism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Introduction Background Emotivism (ethical non-naturalism) - A. J. Ayer (1910-
1989) Emotivism - C. L Stevenson (1908-1979) Evaluating emotivism
Prescriptivism - R. M. Hare (1919- ) Extracts from key texts Introduction Key
philosophers and ...
Bob Bowie, Robert Bowie, 2004
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Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics
Emotivism. The debate over moral issues such as euthanasia, abortion, and
homosexuality illustrates the overlap between moral judgments and personal
preferences. For example, many people who say that homosexuality is wrong
actually ...
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In the World, But Not of the World: Christian Social ...
8.2 The Guiding Principle of Emottvism In brief, MacIntyre suggests that Western
culture has enthroned emotivism as its guiding principle. He sees emotivism
arising out of nineteenth-century intuition- ism, and principally from the writing of
...
Andrew L. Fitz-Gibbon, 2000
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Cengage Advantage Books: Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong
This edition maintains the text's clarity and strengths with its non-dogmatic style and generous presentation of various positions. This revision includes more feminist and multicultural ethical perspectives.
Louis Pojman, James Fieser, 2011
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Ethical Decision Making in Nursing and Health Care: The ...
Emotivism arises from ethical nonnaturalism (there is no direct linkage between
ethical orvalue judgments and facts about the world) and noncognitivism (
statements about ethicaljudgments do not refer to any facts about the world.
therefore ...
James H. Husted, Gladys L. Husted, 2008
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Tradition in the Ethics of Alasdair MacIntyre: Relativism, ...
The critical argument of Wachbroit's review of the second edition centers on a
comparison between emotivism and relativism. Wachbroit intends to show that
MacIntyre's alternative to emotivism is unworkable, because it entails a moral ...
Christopher Stephen Lutz, 2009
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Narrative and Morality: A Theological Inquiry
And it is uniquely appropriate to the contemporary cultural climate of "
bureaucratic individualism" in which it flourishes.16 Nevertheless, Maclntyre
judges emotivism to be an inadequate theory. Insofar as emotivism purports to
give an account ...
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Understanding Philosophy for AS Level
In particular, irrealism accepts both distinctions. We shall discuss two forms of
irrealism: emotivism and prescriptivism. AJ. Ayer (1910-89) Moral judgement as
the expression of the (.'motions of approval and disapproval Expressing emotions
...
Christopher Hamilton, 2003
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Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1: ...
CHAPTER 14 EMOTIVISM AND ITS CRITICS CHAPTER OUTLINE 1. Emotivist
doctrines and the arguments for them Emotivist theses; arguments for them from
verificationism, Moore's indefinability claim, and the action-guiding character of ...
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Encyclopaedia of Government and Politics: 2-volume Set
emotivism is a meta-ethical theory which asserts that facts and values are
ontologically distinct and that evaluative judgements involve questions
concerning subjective emotions, sentiments or feelings rather than questions of
knowledge or ...
Mary Hawkesworth, Maurice Kogan, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMOTIVISM»
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emotivism is used in the context of the following news items.
Review: A Partisan Church, Part II
Lacking an objective framework to weigh moral claims, MacIntyre argues that we are left with emotivism, 'the doctrine that all evaluative ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
Sentiment, reason and marriage
But pity the country that spurns a mindful evaluation in favour of emotivism. – Yours, etc,. J O'DONOGHUE,. Killarney, Co Kerry. Sir, – David ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
The Double-Edged Sword of Sentimentalism
This intuitional philosophy—often called emotivism or sentimentalism—has become the dominant philosophy in America today. «First Things, Jun 15»
Marginal Hope in Hard Times
The current sexual totalitarianism may be politically dominant, but it is built on an unstable foundation of emotivism, hedonism, radical ... «First Things, May 15»
Group Delusions Aside, Sentient Robots Aren't on the Way
... about the coming intelligence revolution, I suggest they should first offer the simplest form of evidence apart from sheer rhetorical emotivism. «Discovery Institute, Mar 15»
Review – One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre …
For the most part Seierstad refrains from condemnatory language and emotivism, letting the facts speak damningly for themselves. After 500 ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
Perceptions Versus Facts: Who Cares about the Middle Class?
... upper-class values - sexual permissiveness and self-fashioning, spirituality and emotivism - when really the upper class is also held together ... «Christian Post, Mar 15»
JANICE SHAW CROUSE: Perceptions vs. facts: Who cares about …
... spirituality and emotivism — when really the upper class is also held together by a kind of secret traditionalism, without whose binding power ... «Washington Times, Feb 15»
Is Ethics Relative? (Part 4–Conclusion)
Emotivism is a theory that claims that moral language or judgments: 1) are neither true or false; 2) express our emotions; and 3) try to influence ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Feb 15»
Douthat on "The Imitation of Marriage"
... spirituality and emotivism — when really the upper class is also held together by a kind of secret traditionalism, without whose binding power ... «Independent Women's Forum, Dec 14»
