Conativism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The belief that the basis of all action lies in desire. uncountable
"And — the crucial point for present purposes — they enable Hume to drive home the conclusion that moral cognitivism's first, or psychological, claim must be rejected, and moral conativism endorsed, if one is to understand the tie between morality and action."
Example
More examples"And — the crucial point for present purposes — they enable Hume to drive home the conclusion that moral cognitivism's first, or psychological, claim must be rejected, and moral conativism endorsed, if one is to understand the tie between morality and action."
Etymology
From conative + -ism.
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