Table of Contents

1.Descent Into Emotivism 2.A Critique of Basic Emotivism 3.Enlightened Emotivism
4.Impulse and Desire 5.Final Thoughts Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Michael K. Potter teaches in the Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Leadership in Learning at McMaster University, where the Bertrand Russell Research Centre was founded in the year 2000.

Reviews

Reference & Research Book News, August 2006
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'A very illuminating examination of Russell's emotivist ethics.'
*Ray Perkins in Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, Vol 26 no. 3, Winter 06/07*

"As a summary of Russell's ethical and metaethical theory, it is extremely clear and very useful...for anyone who wants to explore the relatively uncharted territory of Russell's ethics." British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2009

'Potter is the first to bring, in any serious way, Russell's well-known distinction between impulse and desire into an account of his ethics. Potter's book is well-written in an informal, often amusing style. It makes a useful contribution to our understanding of Russell's ethical views, and will I hope contribute to our appreciation of him as an important moral philosopher.' Nicholas Griffin, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy, The Bertrand Russell Research Centre, McMaster University
*Blurb from reviewer*