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Ethics and Language

Ethics and Language is a 1944 book by C. L. Stevenson which was influential in furthering the metaethical view of emotivism first espoused by A. J. Ayer. Yale University, where Stevenson lectured, did not approve of the contents of the book, as a result his lecture position was not renewed.

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Ethics and Language
First edition
AuthorC. L. Stevenson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEmotivism
PublisherYale University Press
Publication date
1944
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages338

Ethics and Language is a 1944 book by C. L. Stevenson which was influential in furthering the metaethical view of emotivism first espoused by A. J. Ayer.12 Yale University, where Stevenson lectured, did not approve of the contents of the book, as a result his lecture position was not renewed.3

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  1. Stevenson, Charles Leslie (1944). Ethics and Language. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-00234-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. Stevenson, Charles (1944-01-01). Ethics and Language. Ams Pr Inc. ISBN 978-0-404-14806-5. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. Kuklick, Bruce (2004). "Philosophy at Yale in the Century after Darwin". History of Philosophy Quarterly. 21 (3): 313–336.