Stevenson, "The Nature of Ethical Disagreement"

Disagreement in belief

Conflict that occurs when one person believes one thing and another believes something contradictory or incompatible; open to resolution by the empirical methods of science.

Disagreement in attitude

Conflict that occurs when one person is in favor of something and another is against it; not always rooted in disagreements in belief and, therefore, not necessarily open to resolution by empirical methods; predominant form of disagreement in ethical conflicts.

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

b. a useful heuristic maxim

Ethical arguments usually involve disagreement predominately in belief. a. true b. false

b. false

Stevenson claims that disagreements in belief can be resolved by:

b. the methods of the sciences.

According to Stevenson, what kind of disagreement usually predominates in an ethical conflict?

d. attitude

Stevenson cites two men's conflict over where to have dinner as an example of disagreement in:

d. attitude