The Nature of Ethical Disagreement, Charles L. Stevenson

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. Stevenson distinguishes between disagreement in

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. If I am confident that Candidate O will become the next president, and you suspect it will be Candidate M, we have a disagreement of

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. Stevenson claims that disagreements in belief can be resolved by

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. According to Stevenson, the belief that science can always settle arguments about value is

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. Ethical arguments usually involve disagreement predominately in belief.

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. Disagreement in attitude determines what beliefs are relevant to an ethical argument.

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. Stevenson thinks that the methods of science should have undisputed sway in normative ethics.

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. If all our beliefs are in agreement, it follows that we will agree in attitude as well.

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. Any belief that is introduced into an argument about values is likely to bring about a difference in attitude.

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