Ebook: Ethics and Language

How much can individuals be influenced by reason? In his review of 'Ethics and Language' in the Saturday Review, Stuart Chase states, "This is one of the most important questions ever asked, one on which our survival may depend." In this extraordinary book, a distinguised American philosopher gives his answer to theis fundamental question of ethics. Hre presents an analysis of the meaning of ethical judgments and the methods by which ethical judgments can be supported. The central problems are seen always from the perspective afforded by current studies of language, detailed attention being given to the relationship between emotive and descriptive meaning.