noun
emotivism
A meta-ethical theory holding that moral statements are expressions of emotional attitudes rather than factual claims. Used in academic philosophy.
情緒主義によれば、「殺人は悪い」という発言は、話し手の否定的な感情を表しているにすぎない。
According to emotivism, the statement 'murder is wrong' merely expresses the speaker's negative feelings.
Subjectivism is a broader view that moral judgments are based on individual feelings or attitudes, while emotivism specifically focuses on the expression of emotion.
Cognitivism holds that moral statements express beliefs that can be true or false, in contrast to emotivism's non-cognitivist stance.
Compound of 情緒 (emotion) and 主義 (doctrine, -ism), likely a calque from English 'emotivism'.