The language of morals /
Hare presents his own brand of non-cognitivism - so-called 'prescriptivism'. According to prescriptivism, value-words have both descriptive and prescriptive meaning. The former conveys information about the objects the words are applied to, and the latter commends a certain kind of object...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1972.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Hare presents his own brand of non-cognitivism - so-called 'prescriptivism'. According to prescriptivism, value-words have both descriptive and prescriptive meaning. The former conveys information about the objects the words are applied to, and the latter commends a certain kind of object in its class. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 202 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191597619 0191597619 0198810776 9780198810773 |