It isn’t; someone might perfectly well hold that ethical sentences express both propositions and emotional attitudes. But those people would not be classified as emotivists. It happens that some people hold the more specific position called emotivism, and it’s useful to have a word for it.
It isn’t; someone might perfectly well hold that ethical sentences express both propositions and emotional attitudes. But those people would not be classified as emotivists. It happens that some people hold the more specific position called emotivism, and it’s useful to have a word for it.