''Ethics and Language'' is a 1944 book by
C. L. Stevenson
Charles Leslie Stevenson (June 27, 1908 – March 14, 1979) was an American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics.
Biography
Stevenson was born on June 27, 1908, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was educated at Yale, rece ...
which was influential in furthering the
metaethical view of
emotivism
Emotivism is a meta-ethical view that claims that ethical sentences do not express propositions but emotional attitudes. Hence, it is colloquially known as the hurrah/boo theory. Influenced by the growth of analytic philosophy and logical positivi ...
first espoused by
A. J. Ayer
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989), usually cited as A. J. Ayer, was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books '' Language, Truth, and Logic'' (1936) ...
.
References
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1944 non-fiction books
Meta-ethics
Ethics literature
Contemporary philosophical literature