Non-cognitivism

Non-cognitivism is the meta-ethical view that ethical sentences do not express propositions (i.e., statements) and thus cannot be true or false (they are not truth-apt). A noncognitivist denies the cognitivist claim that "moral judgments are capable of being objectively true, because they describe some feature of the world". Quotes Although only few have admitted it, not even the standard and seemingly uncontroversial demands for universality, consistency and coherence can be upheld in non-cognitivist philosophy. Thus we are deprived of a platform on which to take a critical stance, and simply have to accept the given as it is. Legal non-cognitivism slides easily into the decisionism of the leading legal theorist of the Third Reich, Carl Schmitt. Bernhelm Booß-Bavnbek and Jens Høyrup, Mathematics and war (2003), p.369 External links Category:Ethics