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| Emotivism: Emotivism is a meta-ethical theory that holds that moral judgments are not statements of fact, but rather expressions of the speaker's or writer's feelings. See also Cognitivism/Noncognitivism, Ethics, Meta-ethics._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Alasdair MacIntyre on Emotivism - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 655 Emotivism/Morality/Criteria/MacIntyreVsModernism/MacIntyre: According to MacIntyre, the "emotivist self" is characterized by a "loss of all last criteria"(1). Therefore, it fluctuates between perceived moral concepts. >Criteria. Problem: the subject is not involved in a supporting community. >Community, >Morality. Def Emotivism/MacIntyre: teaches that all judgmental judgments, or more precisely all moral judgments, are merely an expression of preferences, attitudes or feelings.(2) Cf. >Cognitivism. Problem: emotivism leads to the loss of any real distinction between manipulative and non-manipulative social relationships.(3) >Roles/MacIntyre, >Manipulation. 1. Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue. A Study in Moral Theory, Notre Dame, Ind. 1981. Dt: Alasdair MacIntyre, Der Verlust der Tugend. Zur moralischen Krise der Gegenwart. Erweiterte Neuausgabe, Frankfurt/M. 2006 (zuerst 1987). p. 53. 2. Ibid. p. 26 3. Ibid. p. 41 Jürgen Goldstein, „Alasdair MacIntyre, Der Verlust der Tugend“ in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
MacIntyre, Alasdair Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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