When1: 1944
When2: 1963
Who: Charles L. Stevenson [Stevenson, Charles L.]
What: philosopher
Where: England/USA
works\ Ethics and Language [1944]; Facts and Values [1963]
Detail: He lived 1908 to 1979 and studied prescriptive meaning, descriptive meaning, and fact-value distinction. Definitions can persuade people to change original definition. Morality is about approval and disapproval {emotive theory, Stevenson}.
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