On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:05 PM, <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The universalizability > principle enables Hare to avoid the charge of irrationality that is > usually > lodged against non-cognitivism , to which his prescriptivism belongs, > Could someone enlighten me and tell me what "non-cognativism" and "prescriptivism" are IN THIS CONTEXT? It seems to me to be specialized vocabulary in this area of dialogue. If I unwrap the sentence, the blunt sense is that prescriptivism is somehow a subset of non-ccognitivism, (...which would, w/out the statement above, be vunlerable to a charge of irrationaly...). Julie Campbell Julie's Music & Language Studio 1215 W. Worley Columbia, MO 65203 573-881-6889 http://www.facebook.com/JuliesMusicLanguageStudio