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 Emotivism

09 Feb 2026
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Emotivism is a meta-ethical theory that suggests moral statements do not express propositions that can be true or false but instead express the speaker's emotions or attitudes. According to emotivists, when someone says “Stealing is wrong,” they are not stating a fact about stealing; rather, they are expressing disapproval of stealing and attempting to influence others to share that attitude. This approach aligns with non-cognitivism, which denies that moral claims have objective truth value. The theory was prominently developed by A.J. Ayer and later by C.L. Stevenson. Ayer, in his book *Language, Truth, and Logic*, argued that moral language functions as
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