Charles Stevenson Quotes on Truth
Charles Leslie Stevenson was an American moral philosopher and the principal architect of the emotivist account of ethical language. This page collects quotes attributed to Charles Stevenson on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Charles Stevenson:
“Moral disagreement is often disagreement in attitude.”
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Attributed to Charles Stevenson:
“Words such as 'good' have a magnetism: they attract emotions as well as describe.”
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Attributed to Charles Stevenson:
“Persuasive definitions hide normative claims as descriptions.”
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Attributed to Charles Stevenson:
“Ethical language is dynamic; it does what it says.”
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Attributed to Charles Stevenson:
“The work of ethics is the clarification of moral conflict.”