Ethics and Values / Unit 2 Ethics 065 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Expressing vs. Reporting
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The idea
Reporting an attitude states a fact about the speaker and can be false; expressing an attitude states nothing and cannot be false.
In practice
"I am furious about the layoffs" reports, and could be a lie. Slamming the laptop expresses, and cannot be one.
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