emotivism
A philosophical position in the theory of ethics. Emotivists deny that moral judgements can be true or false, maintaining that they merely express an attitude or an emotional response.
The concept came to prominence during the 1930s, largely under the influence of Language, Truth and Logic 1936 by the English philosopher A J Ayer.
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