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Full Idea
The emotivist gets things backwards: evaluations are not disguised emotions; instead, emotions are types of evaluation.
Gist of Idea
Evaluations are not disguised emotions; instead, emotion is a type of evaluation
Source
Deborah Achtenberg (Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics [2002], 6.1)
Book Ref
Achtenberg,Deborah: 'Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics' [SUNY 2002], p.161
A Reaction
A nice comment, though a bit optimistic. It is certainly a valuable corrective to emotivist to pin down the cognitive and evaluative aspects of emotion, rather than regarding them as 'raw' feelings.
Related Idea
Idea 23961 The heart of an emotion is its judgement of values and morality [Solomon]