An Introduction to Contemporary Expressivism: Allan Gibbard and Emotivist Inspirations

Authors

  • Adrian Kuźniar Uniwersytet Warszawski

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14394/etyka.1279

Keywords:

expressivism, emotivism, Allan Gibbard, moral sentiments, metatheory of meaning, notion of duty, antinaturalism

Abstract

The paper aims (1) to outline the main tenets of metaethical expressivism, with special emphasis on the differences and similarities between expressivism and traditional emotivism; (2) to present fundamental theses of the most sophisticated version of contemporary expressivism, i.e. Allan Gibbard’s theory, including his view on the place of moral sentiments in the analysis of moral judgments; (3) to discuss Gibbard’s application of expressivism to the metatheory of meaning and its metaethical ramifications, especially for the relation between expressivism and non-naturalism. 

Keywords: expressivism, emotivism, Allan Gibbard, moral sentiments, metatheory of meaning, meaning of “ought”,  non-naturalism

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Ayer, Alfred J. 1952. Language, Truth and Logic. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.

Geach, Peter. 1965. “Assertion.” The Philosophical Review 74, no. 4: 449–65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2183123

Gibbard, Allan. 2014. Meaning and Normativity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

— 2006. “Moral Feelings and Moral Concepts.” In Oxford Studies in Metaethics, edited by Russ Shafer-Landau, Vol. 1, 195-215. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

— 2003. Thinking How to Live. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

— 1992. “Moral Concepts: Substance and Sentiment.” Philosophical Perspectives 6, Ethics: 199–221. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2214245

— 1990. Wise Choices, Apt Feelings. A Theory of Normative Judgment. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Hare, Richard M. 1999. “Prescriptivism.” In Objective Prescriptions and Other Essays, 19–27. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

— 1997. “The Axel Hägerström Lectures: A Taxonomy of Ethical Theories.” In Sorting Out Ethics, 42–145. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Kuźniar, Adrian. 2012. „Teoria metaetyczna Davida Hume’a: w stronę interpretacji ekspresywistycznej.” Ruch Filozoficzny LXIX, nr 2: 267–78.

— 2009. Język i wartości. Racjonalność akceptacji ekspresywizmu metaetycznego. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe „Semper”.

Moore, George E. 1959. Principia Ethica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Searle, John R. 1985. Intentionality. An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Stevenson, Charles L. 1963a. “The Nature of Ethical Disagreement.” In Facts and Values. Studies in Ethical Analysis, 1-9. New Haven: Yale University Press.

— 1963b. “Retrospective Comments.” In Facts and Values…, op. cit.: 186-232.

— 1945. Ethics and Language. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Na pomidorowoczerwonym tle niebieski tytuł "ETYKA", Instytut Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, tom 59 numer 1/2020, w tym numerze piszą: Bomastyk, Dąbrowski, Jaśtal, Kuźniar, Maciąg, Polak, Radzińska, Zając

Downloads

Published

2020-10-03

How to Cite

Kuźniar, Adrian. 2020. “An Introduction to Contemporary Expressivism: Allan Gibbard and Emotivist Inspirations”. Etyka 59 (1). Warsaw, Poland:49-65. https://doi.org/10.14394/etyka.1279.

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Papers

License

Works published in ETYKA are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), which entails acknowledgement of authorship. Under this licence, Authors keep their copyrights and agree that their works can be used again legally for any purpose, including commercial ones, without the need to obtain previous consent of the Author or publisher. The articles can be downloaded, printed, copied and disseminated; under the condition that the authorship is indicated accordingly, together with the place of original publication. The Authors preserve their copyrights to the above-mentioned works without any limitation whatsoever.