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emotivism [ɪˈməʊtɪˌvɪzəm] n (Philosophy) Ethics the theory that moral utterances do not have a truth value but express the feelings of the speaker, so that murder is wrong is equivalent to down with murder Also called boo-hurrah theory Compare prescriptivism, descriptivism 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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In short, the emotivists treat other persons simply as means and never as ends. Taking a cue from Ronald Dworkin, who holds (in Nagel's formulation) that "skeptical positions must themselves be understood as moral claims," Nagel shows how moral claims are not expressions of feeling, as the utilitarian emotivists hold, but rational claims with an inherent universal claim. The specific feature of Etzioni's argument is that this consensus must not be intimidated by socially and intellectually fashionable emotivists into playing down the centrality of "the moral voice. |
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