Emotivism, a non-cognitivist theory of ethics, is often associated with the works of philosophers such as A.J. Ayer and Charles Stevenson in the mid-20th century. This moral philosophy posits that moral statements are not expressions of objective truth or fact but are rather expressions of our emotions and attitudes. In other words, when we make moral judgments, we are not making claims about the world but expressing our feelings and attitudes toward certain actions or situations